icefield.

A broad expanse of interconnected glaciers or permanent ice.

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Words that belong together

• vast icefield
• mountain icefield

On the page

Cloud shadows moved slowly across the icefield.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular icefield; plural icefields. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.