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Etymology
ice + -free
Adjective
ice-free (not comparable)
- Free of all ice; not covered in ice.
1964, Joseph Earle Spencer, “CH’IN-HUANG-TAO”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 5, →OCLC, page 656, column 1:Ch’in-huang-tao had the largest glass factory in China. As the only ice-free port of north China, it developed an important transit trade by rail for Tientsin and south Manchuria, since the town is on the main rail line between Manchuria and north China.
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