ice shove
Meaning
Noun
- A phenomenon which occurs at the interface of land and water when partial frozen over bodies of water with broken ice encounters a constant wind that blows onto shore, blowing the pieces of ice onto shore, and piling up, driving further inland. The ice shove can pile up and crush shoreside buildings or push them off their foundations.
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Origin
- From ice being shoved onto shore, and shoving items on shore further inland.
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