| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Anchor ice | Administration | Frazil ice that has collected on rocks on the stream bed. (references) | |
| Anchor ice | Geology | 1: Ice in the bed of a stream or upon a submerged body or structure. (See also Schaefer, V.J., 1950, The formation of frazil and anchor ice in cold water: Am. Geophys. Union Trans., v. 31, no. 6, p. 888.). (references) | |
| 2: Ice formed below the surface of a stream, on the stream bed, or upon a submerged body or structure. (references) | |||
| Anchor ice | Weather | Submerged Frazil ice attached or anchored to the river bottom, irrespective of its formation. (references) | |
| Anchor ice dam | Engineering | An accumulation of anchor ice which acts as a dam and raises the water level. (references) | |
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