ice-out
the breaking up of ice on lakes and streams during spring thaw.
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How to use ice-out in a sentence
But the ice-out has convinced organizers to get serious about their rights as revelers.
Before the Bros, SantaCon Was as an Anti-Corporate Protest | David Freedlander | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter March sent the ice out of river and bay, spring came with a rush as it comes in the north.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell CatherwoodWill shoveled the loosened ice out, then seized the axe and worked for a short time with the same spirit that animated the Doctor.
Doctor Jones' Picnic | S. E. ChapmanAn' how'd un like t' be ridin' one o' them cakes o' ice out there, an' no way o' reachin' shore?
Ungava Bob | Dillon WallaceThen they chip a piece of ice out of the water-jug with a hammer, rub it on their faces and begin to shave.
Squire Garrison's men sawed a couple of loads of ice out of the pond yesterday, and it didn't freeze more'n an inch last night.
Harper's Young People, January 4, 1881 | Various
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