Usually means: Glacier section flowing over cliffs.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word icefall:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. icefall: Merriam-Webster
  2. icefall: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. icefall: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. icefall: Collins English Dictionary
  5. icefall: Vocabulary.com
  6. Icefall, icefall: Wordnik
  7. icefall: Wiktionary
  8. icefall: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. icefall: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Icefall, icefall: Dictionary.com
  11. Icefall (book), Icefall: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Icefall: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. icefall: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. icefall: Rhymezone
  15. Icefall: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. icefall: FreeDictionary.org
  17. icefall: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. icefall: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. icefall: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (icefall)

▸ noun:  A relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall.

Similar:
ice floe, glacier, ice run, ice-float, ice dam, falls, icicle, icestorm, ice tongue, waterfall, more...

Opposite:
ice rise, ice upthrust, ice bulge

Types:
serac, glacier, crevasse, moulin, serac fall, ice avalanche, more...

Phrases:
Khumbu Icefall, more...

Adjectives:
great, upper, lower, steep, small, second, main, huge, first, treacherous, dangerous

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Similar:
ice floe, glacier, ice run, ice-float, ice dam, falls, icicle, icestorm, ice tongue, waterfall, more...

Opposite:
ice rise, ice upthrust, ice bulge

Types:
serac, glacier, crevasse, moulin, serac fall, ice avalanche, more...

Phrases:
Khumbu Icefall, more...

Adjectives:
great, upper, lower, steep, small, second, main, huge, first, treacherous, dangerous



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