ice rockn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪs rɒk/, U.S.

/ˈaɪs ˌrɑk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ice n., rock n.¹

Etymology: < ice n. + rock n.¹

A (natural) block of ice; an iceberg. Also: an ice-covered rock (rare). Cf. ice boulder n. at ice n. Compounds 8.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > piece

iceseOE

rand1633

ice rock1704

ice pan1842

the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [noun]

island of ice1613

shoal1648

ice hill1694

ice rock1704

iceberg1784

mountain of ice1818

berg1823

1704 tr. Acct. Greenland in Coll. Voy. & Trav. II. 451/1 He had brought along with him certain strange Seamen, who..he found upon the Keel of their Ship, cast upon the Ice-rocks.

1784 London Mag. Mar. 239/1 The ocean's lord, enrag'd at the delay, Thro' stubborn, crushing ice-rocks bursts his way.

1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt I. 105 We want no philosophical ice-rock towed into the Dead Sea of modern society to freeze that which is too cold already.

a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) I. 70 Now nothing remains to be discovered but the sandy deserts of Central Africa, and the inaccessible ice-rocks of the North Pole.

1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 172 The danger of lying under the shadow of this great ice-rock.

1920 Fur News Jan. 70/2 Curving abruptly around a jutting ice rock, I stumbled in my weakness over a crouching figure.

1996 Prairie Schooner Fall 81 The boulder wash at the foot of a glacier, great ice rocks that would crack..in the spring.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ice rock
释义	ice rockn. Brit. /ˈʌɪs rɒk/, U.S. /ˈaɪs ˌrɑk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ice n., rock n.¹ Etymology: < ice n. + rock n.¹ A (natural) block of ice; an iceberg. Also: an ice-covered rock (rare). Cf. ice boulder n. at ice n. Compounds 8. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > piece iceseOE rand1633 ice rock1704 ice pan1842 the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [noun] island of ice1613 shoal1648 ice hill1694 ice rock1704 iceberg1784 mountain of ice1818 berg1823 1704 tr. Acct. Greenland in Coll. Voy. & Trav. II. 451/1 He had brought along with him certain strange Seamen, who..he found upon the Keel of their Ship, cast upon the Ice-rocks. 1784 London Mag. Mar. 239/1 The ocean's lord, enrag'd at the delay, Thro' stubborn, crushing ice-rocks bursts his way. 1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt I. 105 We want no philosophical ice-rock towed into the Dead Sea of modern society to freeze that which is too cold already. a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) I. 70 Now nothing remains to be discovered but the sandy deserts of Central Africa, and the inaccessible ice-rocks of the North Pole. 1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 172 The danger of lying under the shadow of this great ice-rock. 1920 Fur News Jan. 70/2 Curving abruptly around a jutting ice rock, I stumbled in my weakness over a crouching figure. 1996 Prairie Schooner Fall 81 The boulder wash at the foot of a glacier, great ice rocks that would crack..in the spring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1704
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