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Question
Here are some compound words chosen from the text.
| ice-fall | knife-edge | wind-proof | sleeping-bags |
| half-way | never-ending | partly-full | ice- axe |
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Solution
Let us learn a few more with their meaning.
| ice-berg | an extremely large mass of ice floating in the sea |
| ice-cap | a layer of ice permanently covering parts of the earth, especially around North and South Poles |
| ice-floe | a large area of ice floating in the sea |
| ice-sheet | a layer of ice that covers a large area of land for a long period of time |
| ice-rink | specially prepared flat surface of ice, where you can ice-skate; |
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