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naled (uncountable)

  1. A particular organophosphate insecticide.

Etymology 2

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From Russian на́ледь (náledʹ).

Backpackers cross a massive sheet of naled in Alaska.
Smaller sheets of naled-like ice form when a river overflows, the top layer of the floodwater freezes, and then the floodwater recedes.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑlɪt/, /ˈnɑlɪd/

Noun

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naled (plural naleds)

  1. A sheet-like layered mass of ice formed in freezing temperatures from the freezing of successive flows of ground water over previously formed layers of ice.
    • 1978, Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde, Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR Contribution, National Academies, →ISBN, page 392:
      The geographic distribution of naleds in Trans-Baikal does not confirm the view of certain researchers to the effect that naleds are typical only of the regions where permafrost occurs.
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naled m (uncountable)

  1. naled (insecticide)