icecrete

English

Etymology

ice +‎ -crete

Noun

icecrete (uncountable)

  1. A concretion of water ice as the cementing substance, and an aggregate.
    • 1949, United States. Department of the Army, Field Manual, page 45:
      Icecrete . A good overhead protection in winter is icecrete . Icecrete is a dense , frozen mixture of sand and water , or sand with gravel , ( or broken stone ) and water , which is many times stronger than normal ice .

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