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Frazil

A collection of stray ice crystals that form in fast-moving water.

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    A collection of stray ice crystals that form in fast-moving water.

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brash icenounA patch of accumulated small fragments of floating ice (less than about 2 metres big)
frost flowernounA structure of ice crystals, formed on some plants, that resemble a flower
rimenounArchaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).
ice floenounAny type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice.
floenounA low, flat mass of floating ice.
brashnounA rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
silver frostnoun(meteorology, colloquial) A deposit of glaze on trees, shrubs, and other exposed objects during a fall of freezing precipitation; the product of an ice storm.
fallnounThe act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
trash icenoun(uncommon) Crumbled ice mixed with water.
lollynounA piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.
icefallnounA relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall.
fallstreaknoun(meteorology) A (part of a) virga; a streak of falling ice crystals that sublimate before reaching the ground.
stream icenounPieces of drift ice swept down in a current.
sludgenounA residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
flurrynounA light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
frostnounA cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
frostworknounAny naturally occurring intricate pattern of ice crystals.
pebblenounA small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
ballicaternoun(Newfoundland) Ice formed by the action in winter of spray and waves along the shoreline, making a fringe or band on the landward side.
firnnounA type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.

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