a thick mass of ice that is permanently attached to the land but projects into and floats on the sea
ice-shelf in British English
(ˈaɪsˌʃɛlf)
noun
a variant form of ice shelf
ice shelf in American English
a thick mass of glacial ice extending along a polar shore, often resting on the bottom near the shore with the seaward edge afloat: it may protrude hundreds of miles out to sea
Examples of 'ice shelf' in a sentence
ice shelf
She is the one from a log village near an ice shelf, but she makes me feel uncultured and awkward.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002)