icecreten.
/ˈʌɪskriːt/, U.S. /ˈaɪsˌkrit/ A construction material used in very cold climates, consisting of ice blended with gravel, sand, wood pulp, etc. Cf. pykrete n., snowcrete n. 2.In later use, the terms pykrete and icecrete are often used interchangeably.
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1950 Mil. Engineer May–June 178/1 Icecrete is a term applied to a material made from aggregates with ice acting as the cementing agent.
1963 J. E. Dykins in W. D. Kingery Ice & Snow xxiii. 292 Dry fill is the applied layers of icecrete formed by adding lifts of ice aggregate to the surface of the existing ice.
1985 Observer 30 June 35/1 The main advantage of icecrete over concrete or steel is cost.
2008 S. W. Muller et al. Frozen in Time 43 Another type of emplaced ground ice has the appearance of ice conglomerate or ice concrete (icecrete).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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