antarctic : Idioms & Phrases
antarctic circle
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noun a line of latitude north of the south pole
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antarctic continent
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noun an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep
Antarctica.
- Antarctica is twice the size of Australia
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antarctic ocean
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noun the southern waters surrounding Antarctica
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antarctic peninsula
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noun a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific
Palmer Peninsula.
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antarctic zone
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noun the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
Antarctic; South Frigid Zone.
