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PRONUNCIATION OF ANCHOR ICE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANCHOR ICE

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Anchor ice is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ANCHOR ICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anchor ice

Anchor ice is defined by the World Meteorological Organization as "submerged ice attached or anchored to the bottom, irrespective of the nature of its formation." It may also be called bottom-fast ice.Anchor ice is most commonly observed in fast-flowing rivers during periods of extreme cold, at the mouths of rivers flowing into very cold seawater, in the shallow sub or intertidal during or after storms when the air temperature is below the freezing point of the water, and the subtidal in the Antarctic along ice shelves or near floating glacier tongues, and in shallow lakes.

Definition of anchor ice in the English dictionary

The definition of anchor ice in the dictionary is ice that forms at the bottom of a lake or river.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANCHOR ICE

anchor
anchor ring
anchorage
anchorage dues
anchorage point
anchoress
anchoret
anchoretic
anchoretical
anchorette
anchorite
anchoritic
anchoritical
anchoritically
anchorless
anchorman
anchormen
anchorperson
anchors
anchorwoman

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANCHOR ICE

black ice
break the ice
camphor ice
coconut ice
cut no ice
drift ice
dry ice
glare ice
glaze ice
glib ice
ground ice
on ice
on thin ice
pack ice
pancake ice
sheet ice
shelf ice
skate on thin ice
slob ice
water ice

Synonyms and antonyms of anchor ice in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «anchor ice» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANCHOR ICE

Find out the translation of anchor ice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of anchor ice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anchor ice» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

锚冰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hielo de fondo que
570 millions of speakers

English

anchor ice
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लंगर बर्फ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مرساة الجليد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

якорь льда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

âncora de gelo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নোঙ্গর বরফ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ancre glace
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ais penambat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anker Eis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アンカー氷
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

앵커 얼음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jangkar es
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

neo đá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நங்கூரம் பனி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अँकर बर्फ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Buz demiri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ancoraggio ghiaccio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kotwica lód
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

якір льоду
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ancoră de gheață
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άγκυρα πάγο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

anker ys
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ankare is
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

anker isen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anchor ice

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANCHOR ICE»

The term «anchor ice» is used very little and occupies the 160.222 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANCHOR ICE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anchor ice

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANCHOR ICE»

Discover the use of anchor ice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anchor ice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ice Formation: With Special Reference to Anchor-Ice and Frazil
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Howard Turner Barnes, 2012
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A Mathematical and Experimental Study of Anchor Ice
The proposed experimental and mathematical studies of anchor ice are presented intuitively in this paper and the results from this study contribute to a better understanding of the anchor ice growth mechanism.
Yuexia Qu, 2007
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Gravel Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments
Growing anchor-ice masses form a dense, porous mat that encapsulates coarse bed material (Figure 37.3a). If the buoyancy of the attached ice overcomes the weight of attached particles, anchor ice may lift off the bed during the night.
Michael Church, Pascale Biron, Andre Roy, 2012
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River Ice Jams
Surface frazil ice and anchor ice on bed, Grand River, Ontario (S. Beltaos) Although anchor ice may form on almost any underwater object, it is most commonly found sticking to aquatic vegetation, boulders, and even large areas of gravel and ...
S. Beltaos, 1995
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Sedimentation Engineering: Processes, Measurements, ...
1998). The experiments and field observations indicate that the following two mechanisms contribute to anchor ice formation: 1. The prime mechanism is frazil ice adhesion to bed sediment. Large-scale turbulence in comparatively shallow,  ...
Environmental and Water Resources Institute (U.S.). ASCE Task Committee to Expand and Update Manual 54, Marcelo H. García, 2008
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Handbook of Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Volume One: ...
19.2.1.3 Anchor Ice Anchor ice, always associated with supercooled water, forms on the bottom substrate material of rivers and lakes. Anchor ice is most commonly associated with gravel, cobble, and rock substrates (Hirayama et a1. 1997 ...
Harindra Joseph Fernando, 2012
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Glacial Processes, Past and Present
Large anchor ice terraces submerged by high subglacial discharge. The large hydrostatic head causes these terraces to have a broad, flat tread. Riser height is approximately 60 cm. Person for scale on right. Figure 7. Newly accreted anchor  ...
David M. Mickelson, John W. Attig, 1999
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Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 1: ...
The anchor ice is submerged ice attached to the bottom. Although there is still some uncertainty concerning the physical conditions under which this type of ice forms, it is commonly described as the result of growing masses of platelet ice ...
Guido di Prisco, Cinzia Verde, 2012
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Water Supply Paper
The formation of needle ice, like that of surface or anchor ice, is due chiefly to radiation of heat from the water mass. Needle ice never forms underneath surface ice and is most frequently formed on cold, clear nights, when the heat lost by ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1906
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Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
When the sun shines strongly, the bottom is warmed and the anchor ice breaks off and comes to the surface, bringing up stones and even ship anchors. Barnes2 quotes Scott as finding a mass of ice crystals upon a rope suspended in sea ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1919

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANCHOR ICE»

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Anglers, don't overlook local waters
I am continually impressed by a fish that persists even though it has to deal with anchor ice in the winter, anglers in the summer and brown trout ... «The Herald Journal, Jun 15»
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Wildlife: Anchor ice can threaten brook trout
As chunks of anchor ice grow, their natural buoyancy allows them to break free, float to the surface and move downstream. Ice jams can result. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr 15»
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Effects of winter on the river and its trout
The World Meteorological Organization defines anchor ice as "submerged ice attached or anchored to the bottom" and most commonly seen in ... «Lake Placid News, Apr 15»
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How are CNY trout streams doing as April 1 season opener …
Also, Lemon said, Central New York Streams generally do not experience "anchor ice," which is ice that forms on the bottom of a stream. «Syracuse.com, Mar 15»
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Harsh Winter Shucks for Shellfishermen
Anchor ice, on the bottom of a pond, can be deadly for quahaugs and scallops. Mr. Karney was unaware of anchor ice forming here this winter, ... «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, Mar 15»
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Ice collision creates buildup on Missouri
Anchor ice forms on faster-moving, cold mountains streams. It looks more like snow or cotton candy than ice. Sometimes it sticks to water ... «Great Falls Tribune, Mar 15»
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Tough-as-Hell Antarctic Fish With …
Anchor ice forms on the seafloor when saltwater is cooled slightly below its freezing point. This anchor ice formed on a steel cable, floating up ... «Wired, Feb 15»
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Icing on Delaware
In addition to the icing along the banks, the weather service said that “anchor ice” – that's the stuff attached to the river bottom – also was ... «Philly.com, Feb 15»
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Climate change can cause loss of important ice dynamics in streams
Frazil ice has adhesive features and may attach to submerged boulders and other objects in the water, forming anchor ice. As a consequence ... «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
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Photo by Ken Scott Photography
Well, the biggest factor is getting enough of a freeze to where we get ice beyond the anchor ice [anchor ice is in shallow water and goes all the ... «MyNorth.com, Feb 15»

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