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ice mass

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Noun1.ice massice mass - a large mass of ice                  
geological formation, formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth
glacier - a slowly moving mass of ice
berg, iceberg - a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
ice cap, icecap - a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)
ice field - a large flat mass of ice (larger than an ice floe) floating at sea
floe, ice floe - a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea


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Using hydraulic-powered machinery, engineers will chisel away at a 33-foot deep glacial wall and then haul away the giant ice cubes in cooled trucks to an adjacent glacier, where they'll be dumped and allowed to fuse back to the ice mass.
The ice broke off the Larsen Ice Shelf, a huge floating ice mass on the eastern part of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Glaciation bulldozed the surrounding terrain, with the ice mass splitting around the Hills and leaving them intact.
 
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