ice run


noun
  1. the rapid breaking up or fragmentation of river ice in spring or early summer.

Origin of ice run

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

Words Nearby ice run

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How to use ice run in a sentence

  • He turned aside and found himself at the bend of a long ice run leading down to the lake.

    The Dark Tower | Phyllis Bottome
  • Whose fault would it be if he killed himself on the ice-run after all?

    The Crime Doctor | Ernest William Hornung
  • I want you to get into some clothes and come up to the ice-run as quick as possible!

    The Crime Doctor | Ernest William Hornung
  • Mr. Polly swerved a little from the conversational ice-run upon which he had embarked.

  • Washington tried with his setting-pole to stop the raft and let the ice run by.