ice cap

See also: icecap and ice-cap

English

Alternative forms

• icecap

Noun

ice cap (plural ice caps)

1. A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, as for example in Earth's polar zones (polar ice) or at high elevation. [from 19th c.]

   The ocean beneath the arctic ice cap hosts many unique organisms adapted to the cold and shortage of light.

   The ice cap of Kilimanjaro is shrinking, and some researchers believe it will disappear within the next one hundred years.

2. (medicine, historical) An ice pack designed to be worn on the head. [from 19th c.]
   • 1903, Canadian Journal of Medicine and Surgery, volume 14, page lii:

     After the use of ice caps for some days it is well to provide cool bathing for the head, at least three times daily.

3. (food) Alternative spelling of iced capp

Translations

permanent expanse of ice

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: izotz-kasko
• Catalan: casquet glacial m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰帽 (zh) (bīngmào)

• Danish: iskappe (da)
• Finnish: jääpeite (fi); mannerjää (continental ice cap)
• French: calotte glaciaire (fr) f
• Galician: capa de xeo f
• German: Eiskappe f
• Hindi: बर्फ़ की टोपी f (barf kī ṭopī)
• Icelandic: hveljökull
• Indonesian: tudung es
• Irish: oighearchaidhp f
• Japanese: 氷帽 (ひょうぼう, hyōbō)
• Korean: 빙모 (ko) (bingmo), 빙관 (binggwan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iskappe m or f

  Nynorsk: iskappe f

• Persian: کلاهک یخی (fa)
• Polish: czapa lodowa (pl) f
• Romanian: calotă glaciară (ro) f
• Russian: ледяна́я ша́пка (ledjanája šápka), леднико́вый по́кров (lednikóvyj pókrov)
• Slovene: ledeniški pokrov, ledeniški kapa
• Spanish: campo de hielo m, capa de hielo f
• Turkish: buz tabakası
• Ukrainian: льодовикова шапка (lʹodovykova šapka)
• Vietnamese: chỏm băng
• Welsh: cap iâ m

Anagrams

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