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ice⋅fall

[ahys-fawl]
–noun
1. a jumbled mass of ice in a glacier.
2. a mass of ice overhanging a precipice.
3. a falling of ice from a glacier, iceberg, etc.

Origin:
1810–20; ice + fall
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ice·fall   (īs'fôl')   
n.  
  1. The part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall that flows down a steep slope.

  2. An avalanche of ice.

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