white ice
Aerated frozen water
White ice is ice that appears opaque or milky rather than clear, typically due to trapped air bubbles or rapid freezing.
On lakes and ponds, white ice forms from refrozen snow or slush and is weaker than the clear "black ice" beneath it: The white ice near shore won't support your weight.
The term helps distinguish ice quality for safety assessments.
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- frostThin ice coating
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
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