Icicle - Wikipedia An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water falling from an object freezes Icicles can form during bright, sunny, but subfreezing weather, when ice or snow melted by sunlight or some other heat source (such as a poorly insulated building), refreezes as it drips off under exposed conditions
ICICLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Did you know? Old English gicel, meaning icicle, became Middle English ikyl or ikel and later modern English ickle, which survives as a dialect word in Yorkshire, England
ICICLE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Icicle definition: a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water See examples of ICICLE used in a sentence
Icicle - definition of icicle by The Free Dictionary icicle (ˈaɪsɪkəl) n a hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water [C14: from ice + ickel, from Old English gicel icicle, related to Old Norse jökull large piece of ice, glacier]
The Shapes of Nature: How Do Icicles Form? - Wildlife Leadership Academy As the snow (or ice) melts over the side of a roof or other surface, its sudden exposure to the cold air freezes it in its tracks The entire icicle builds off of this first drop, with each subsequent drop of water freezing as it travels down the forming spike