ice cave

collocation in English

meaningsoficeandcave

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ice
noun
uk
/aɪs/us
/aɪs/
water that has frozen and become solid, or pieces ...
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cave
noun[C]
uk
/keɪv/us
/keɪv/
a large hole in the side of a hill, cliff, or mountain, or one that ...
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(Definition oficeandcavefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The attraction carries floating guests (in inner tubes) through a bone-chillingicecave.
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This area is also home to theicecavethat scouts have been visiting for decades.
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He owns a gianticecavewith lots of corridors and tunnels and has some elves as his subworkers.
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Although the brothers had to dig anicecavefor shelter.
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Cool or cold air is drawn through the algific talus into theicecave, with flowing water or atmospheric humidity being turned to ice.
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Terrified, he runs and hides in anicecave.
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Montoya realizes that her curiosity outweighs her fears and returns to theicecaveto meditate.
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In winter large stalagmites of ice often form on the cave floor, but in a strict sense it is not anicecavebecause the ice does not persist year-round.
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The total ice volume was estimated at 125,000 cubic metres, which makes it one of the most important ice caves in the world.
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The river flows from ice caves at the toe of the glacier.
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However, many ice caves exist in temperate climates, due to mechanisms that result in cave temperatures being "colder" than average surface temperatures where they formed.
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They subsist off lichen found in hoarfrost as well as eating mushrooms and other fungi found in ice caves.
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The group reaches the ice caves, where indeed there is a pile of canned goods.
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The glacier once contained ice caves in the smooth ice before the 2004-2008 volcanic activity.
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The ice caves include inter-locked crevasses covered by snow bridges.
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His passion for speleology later evolved into an interest in ice caves.
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They are of economic importance, not least because they are sources of drinking water and have many accessible dripstone and ice caves.
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Ice caves in permafrost need not be cold-traps (although some are), provided they do not draught significantly in summer.
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Since the closure of the road, the number of accidents on the way to, or inside of, the ice caves has reduced dramatically.
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In the upper area there are ice caves, barracks, and a dome of ice.
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