a glaze of ice

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• ice — 1. noun 1) a roof covered with ice Syn: frozen water, icicles; black ice, frost, rime, glaze 2) the ice in her voice Syn: coldness, coolness, frost, frostiness, iciness; hostil …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Glaze — or glazing is a thin shiny coating, or the act of applying the coating; it may refer to: In materials or engineering:* Architectural glass, a building material typically used as transparent glazing material in the building envelope * Ceramic… …   Wikipedia

• glaze ice — Ice that forms when large drops of water strike and spread over a surface whose temperature is below the freezing point. Glaze ice is hard and transparent. It tends to accumulate rapidly and is often very hard and therefore more difficult to… …   Aviation dictionary

• Glaze ice — is a smooth, transparent and homogenous ice coating occurring when freezing rain or drizzle hit a surface. It is similar in appearance to clear ice, which forms from supercooled water droplets.ee also*Black ice *Clear iceExternal links*… …   Wikipedia

• glaze — [glāz] vt. glazed, glazing [ME glasen < glas, GLASS] 1. to fit (windows, etc.) with glass 2. to give a hard, glossy finish or coating to; specif., a) to overlay (pottery, etc.) with a substance that gives a glassy finish when fused b) to make… …   English World dictionary

• ice — [n] frozen water chunk, crystal, cube ice, diamonds*, dry ice, floe, glacier, glaze, hail, hailstone, iceberg, ice cube, icicle, permafrost, sleet; concepts 470,514 Ant. water …   New thesaurus

• glaze — (v.) mid 14c., glasen to fit with glass, from glas (see GLASS (Cf. glass)), probably influenced by GLAZIER (Cf. glazier). Noun sense of substance used to make a glossy coating is first attested 1784; in reference to ice, from 1752. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

• ice storm — ☆ ice storm n. a storm in which freezing rain falls and forms a glaze on surfaces …   English World dictionary

• glaze — glazily, adv. glaziness, n. /glayz/, v., glazed, glazing, n. v.t. 1. to furnish or fill with glass: to glaze a window. 2. to give a vitreous surface or coating to (a ceramic or the like), as by the application of a substance or by fusion of the… …   Universalium

• glaze — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a fit (a window, picture, etc.) with glass. b provide (a building) with glass windows. 2 tr. a cover (pottery etc.) with a glaze. b fix (paint) on pottery with a glaze. 3 tr. cover (pastry, meat, etc.) with a glaze. 4 intr.… …   Useful english dictionary

• ice — n 1. frozen water, frost, hoarfrost, rime; sleet, hail; icicle, iceberg, floe, glacier; (all in drinks) ice cubes, crushed ice, Inf. rocks. 2. sherbet, Italian ice, ice milk, ice cream, Trademark.Popsicle. 3. icing, frosting, glaze. 4. stiffness …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder