black ice
Road's hidden danger
Black ice is a thin, transparent coating of ice on a road or other surface that is nearly invisible and extremely hazardous.
It typically forms when temperatures drop rapidly or when light rain or mist freezes on contact with cold pavement.
The term is somewhat misleading since the ice itself isn't black—it's clear enough that the dark road surface shows through, making it difficult to detect.
The car spun out on a patch of black ice.
Unintended harmful event
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- skidUncontrolled lateral slide
- crashSudden violent impact
- dangerExposure to harm
risk · peril · threat · injury · fatalities · whiplash · emergency · warning
Allowing light through
- undetectableImpossible to notice
- hiddenKept out of sight
- imperceptibleCannot be sensed
- camouflagedVisually hidden by coloring
deceptive · glaze · sheen · indiscernible · disguised · unseen · unnoticed · stealth
Smooth or craftily adept
- glassySmooth and shiny
- glossySmooth and shiny
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
frictionless · slippery · glazed · sheet · patch · film · coating · skim
accident
Unintended harmful event
danger · risk · peril · threat · injury · fatalities · whiplash · emergency · warning · caution
transparent
Allowing light through
- undetectableImpossible to notice
- hiddenKept out of sight
- imperceptibleCannot be sensed
camouflaged · deceptive · glaze · sheen · indiscernible · disguised · unseen · unnoticed · stealth · lurking
slick
Smooth or craftily adept
polished · frictionless · slippery · glazed · sheet · patch · film · coating · skim · veneer
traction
Adhesive friction enabling movement
ABS · overpass · bridge · underpass · tailgate · commute · highway · roadway · pavement · asphalt
frost
Thin ice coating
thaw · temperature · cold · chill · icicle · frozen · polar · arctic · flurry · sleet
- driving hazardspotholes, debris, road debris, icy roads, wet roads
- iceiceberg, floe, skating rink, rink, polar cap
- northern weatherblizzard, blizzards, snowfall, cold snap, cold
- ice stormsfreezing rain, sleet, winter advisory, flash freeze, icicles
- weather phenomenatornado, wind, hurricane, gust, blizzard
- wintersnow, cold, frozen, frost, icicle
black icesnow
Frozen crystalline precipitation
slush · frost · packed snow · white ice · wet pavement
black, ice, blacken, Black Friday, blackout, blackness, blacks, blackish, blackened