icefree

English

Adjective

icefree (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of ice-free
   • 1910, “The Russo-Japanese War”, in The Latest Age, page 579:

     The Boxer rebellion, her relations with China, her wish to secure an icefree port in the Pacific, had decided for Russia the number and distribution of her troops [...]

   • 1927, Danske meteorologiske institut, Isforholdene i de Arktiske have: The State of the ice in the Arctic seas, page 112:

     About the middle of the month the navigation on Archangel became icefree, and on the 17th the White-Sea was navigable.

   • 1999, Jamie H. Cockfield, With Snow on Their Boots, →ISBN, page 25:

     Even if the ships bringing shells could be properly outfitted, there would still be the problem of getting Russian troops to Alexandrovsk, an icefree port, since Archangel was icebound.

   • 2001, Dr. George W. Ware, Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, →ISBN:

     Less than 2% of the continental area is icefree in summer, and the largest expanse is the McMurdo Dry Valleys, in southern Victoria Land (about 4000 km2; between 76° 15' S and 76°45' S, 161 ° and 163 ° E).