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PRONUNCIATION OF ICE SCREW

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ICE SCREW

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Ice screw is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ICE SCREW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Ice screw

An ice screw is a threaded tubular screw used as a running belay or anchor by climbers on steep ice surface such as steep waterfall ice or alpine ice during ice climbing or crevasse rescue, to hold the climber in the event of a fall, and at belays as anchor points. Ice screws are made by several manufacturers. The various products available offer essentially similar functionality but typically offer subtle differences in design. For example, some ice screws come with one or more of the following: an in-built or separate ratchet mechanism to speed up placement, conical centre-hole to aid removal of ice cores, different lengths, different numbers of cutting teeth, different cutting angles, different surface finishes, different size hangers/clip holes. Price and durability are usually design considerations too, as a usable rack of ice screws will be a significant financial investment for many climbers. Titanium ice screws, often made in the former Soviet Union using Cold War-era missile technology, were generally too brittle and so the majority of ice screws are made of chromoly steel.

Definition of ice screw in the English dictionary

The definition of ice screw in the dictionary is a screwed tubular or solid steel rod with a ring at one end for inserting into ice as an anchor point.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ICE SCREW

ice maker
ice man
ice needle
ice pack
ice pick
ice piton
ice plant
ice point
ice rink
ice road
ice sheet
ice shelf
ice show
ice skate
ice skater
ice station
ice storm
ice tongs
ice tray
ice water

WORDS THAT END LIKE ICE SCREW

airscrew
Allen screw
Archimedes´ screw
cap screw
corkscrew
crew
grub screw
jackscrew
lag screw
lead screw
machine screw
micrometer screw
Phillips screw
screw
self-tapping screw
setscrew
thumbscrew
turn the screw
twin-screw
unscrew
woodscrew

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

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Translation of «ice screw» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ICE SCREW

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

Translator English - Chinese

冰螺丝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tornillo de hielo
570 millions of speakers

English

ice screw
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बर्फ पेंच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المسمار الجليد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лед винт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parafuso de gelo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বরফ স্ক্রু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vis de la glace
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skru ais
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eisschrauben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アイススクリュー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아이스 스크류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Es miring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vít băng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பனி திருகு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बर्फचे स्क्रू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Buz vidası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vite da ghiaccio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śruba lodowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лід гвинт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șurub gheață
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βίδα πάγου
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af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ys skroef
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

isskruv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ice skrue
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ICE SCREW»

The term «ice screw» is normally little used and occupies the 144.018 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ice screw

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ICE SCREW»

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1
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue
The quickest anchor in ice is an ice screw, and in fact an ice screw in solid blue ice is more reliable than any snow anchor Any of the tubular ice screws available work well in glacier ice, although longer models are much preferred for added ...
Andrew Selters, 1999
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Ice & Mixed Climbing: Modern Technique
However, with the advent of short screws and a better understanding of screw physics, most climbers are using hooks less and less. Never use ice hooks of any variety as the first piece on a route— they zipper out very easily. (Use an ice screw ...
Will Gadd, 2003
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Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1999
Using a doubled 8.6 mm rope, they had at least one ice screw between them. The terrain was water ice, moderate angle. Brian was leading. With one screw in the ice, Greg stopped at the screw to wait for Brian to place a second ice screw ...
American Alpine Club
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Mountaineerin
Driving an ice screw with the pick ofan ice tool. On ice topped with a layer of soft snow or rotten ice, use the adze or pick to scrape down to a hard, trustworthy surface before you make the starting hole (fig. 18-38a). In extremely rotten ice, make ...
Ronald C. Eng, 2010
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Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology
In instances where relatively small ice samples are required, such as for stable isotope analysis, ice can readily be sampled with a threaded ice screw, commonly available off the shelf. It is better not to use hammer-in screws for this purpose ...
Bryn Hubbard, Neil F. Glasser, 2005
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International Handbook of Technical Mountaineering
Ice screws kJ An ice screw with a rotating hanger eye. This means that the screw can be clipped to the rope during placement and retneval with no fear of dropping it. Ice screws should always be used in pairs when constructing a main belay, ...
Pete Hill, 2006
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Snow and Ice Techniques
There is no ice screw or piton which is the ideal - they each have their advantages and disadvantages and one must use different screws for different types of ice. The effectiveness of any ice screw ultimately depends upon the strength of the ...
Bill March, Bill Birkett, 1997
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The Mountain Skills Training Handbook
Ice screw Inverted clove hitch, using a tape sling 2 When buying an ice screw, it is worth purchasing the more modern designs, which will have a large diameter tube, and you should choose ones with no less than four or more than six cutting  ...
Pete Hill, Stuart Johnston, 2000
9
Backcountry Skiing
V-THREAD (ABALAKOV ANCHOR) The idea behind the V-thread anchor is to create two intersecting holes (the V) with an ice screw so that you can thread a piece of cord through the V and tie it off. Fig. 6.20a Leave the first screw in partway to ...
Martin Volken, Martin Volken, Scott Schell, Margaret Wheeler, 2011
10
The Complete Guide to Climbing and Mountaineering
The placement of an ice screw will only ever be as good as the ice into which it is made. If any dinner-plating appears (the shattering of surface ice, often breaking away in large plates), as the screw is wound in, it should be removed, the rotten ...
Pete Hill, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ICE SCREW»

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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Swiss Alps skiing rescue
Once he was able to secure himself from falling further, using an ice screw, Benjamin calmed down. His fingers were too cold to use them to ... «KSPR, Jun 15»
2
Alpine skier records frightening fall and rescue from crevasse
He came to a stop and managed to secure himself with an ice screw to the wall while screaming to the companions he knew would already be ... «9news.com.au, Jun 15»
3
Scientists Map the Hidden Rivers That Feed Antarctica's Bleeding …
The IceMole is a long rectangular metal box with a copper head and ice screw at one end capable of melting its way through ice – but not just ... «Gizmodo, Apr 15»
4
First samples collected from under Antarctica's blood falls
“The IceMole is a long rectangular metal box with a copper head and ice screw at one end capable of melting its way through ice – but not just ... «ZME Science, Mar 15»
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The Ancient Secrets of a "Bleeding" Glacier Are Finally Being …
The IceMole is a long rectangular metal box with a copper head and ice screw at one end capable of melting its way through ice – but not just ... «Gizmodo, Mar 15»
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Whatcom climber tells cautionary tale about Mount Rainier
In the icy couloir above he placed one ice screw and belayed the second up. Quick climbing by all of us and we were above the crux and out of ... «Bellingham Herald, Mar 15»
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Climbers mystified by a bloodcurdling scream
I was on the the crux pitch – about 10m or so of very steep ground – and I had my back wedged against a rock wall as I placed an ice screw ... «Ghost Theory, Feb 15»
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2015 Editors' Choice Awards: Big Agnes mtnGLO
Black Diamond Express Ice Screw (Blem)$39.99 was $59.95 (33% Off)BUY NOW. FlyLow Gear Men's Ridge Glove$17.99 was $39.95 (55% Off)BUY NOW. «Backpacker Magazine, Feb 15»
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Karsten Delap shares tale of ice climbing on Looking Glass Falls
Once I got over the pillar, I tried to place an ice screw, but all the ice was either to thin or not solid enough. I went ahead and placed a really bad ... «Mountain Xpress, Feb 15»
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Climbers mystified by 'bloodcurdling screaming'
I was on the the crux pitch - about 10m or so of very steep ground - and I had my back wedged against a rock wall as I placed an ice screw ... «BBC News, Feb 15»

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