ice sheet

noun

: ice cap sense 1

Examples of ice sheet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The resulting destruction of critical ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will raise global sea levels. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

In some projections, that extra snow outweighs the ice lost to the warming ocean, and the ice sheet actually grows. — Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

As glaciers and ice sheets melt, causing sea levels to rise, some nations are at risk of being washed away entirely. — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026

The mission is the newest generation of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment — or GRACE — which tracks the movement and storage of Earth’s life-sustaining water, and has documented declining aquifers, melting ice sheets and rising sea levels. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ice sheet

• bittersweet
• incomplete
• indiscreet
• marguerite
• obsolete
• overeat
• overheat
• parakeet
• stillingfleet
• superheat
• amit
• athlete

Kids Definition

ice sheet

noun

: ice cap