chunk of ice

collocation in English

meaningsofchunkandice

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chunk
noun[C]
uk
/tʃʌŋk/us
/tʃʌŋk/
a roughly ...
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ice
noun
uk
/aɪs/us
/aɪs/
water that has frozen and become solid, or pieces ...
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(Definition ofchunkandicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You can hear it, because when a hugechunkoficefalls off, it sounds like a clap of thunder.
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Kettle lakes form when a retreating glacier leaves behind an underground or surfacechunkoficethat later melts to form a depression containing water.
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Kettle lakes form when a retreating glacier leaves behind an undergroundchunkofice.
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Is there any bigchunkoficeanywhere near there?
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A ridge of sediment formed around thechunkofice.
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Abovian picked up achunkoficefrom the summit and carried it down with him in a bottle, considering the water holy.
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He saw great chunks of ice being thrown into the air.
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Sometimes chunks of ice fall from the glacier and get buried in the land surface.
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They were able to confirm the results, finding huge chunks of ice as far as 50m from the point of explosion.
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Ice jams (sometimes called an ice dam), when broken chunks of ice pile up, are the greatest ice hazard on rivers.
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The river overflowed its banks and chunks of ice were deposited all over the site.
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Sea ice may be contrasted with icebergs, which are chunks of ice shelves or glaciers that calve into the ocean.
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Chunks of ice fall off the terminus and float off into the lake, eventually melting.
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More than 40 teams compete, struggling with the powerful current, large chunks of ice and cold water.
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The lake often has chunks of ice floating in it.
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Chunks of ice that would have rapidly formed may have enhanced the erosive power of the flood.
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Sometimes the sediment would be mixed with huge chunks of ice, which would leave voids, or kettles, in the soil.
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