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black ice

–noun
1. a thin sheet of ice, as on a road surface, usually caused by freezing mist and creating hazardous driving conditions.
2. Oceanography. sea ice that is clear enough to show the color of the water underneath.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism
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black ice  
n.  A thin, nearly invisible coating of ice that forms on paved surfaces.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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