black ice

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.

Equivalents

Españolplaca de hielo verglás

Françaisglace noire verglas

DeutschBlitzeis Eisglätte GlatteisSpiegeleis überfrierende Nässe

25 more languages

العربيةجَلِيد أَسْوَد

Bosanskiverglaš

Češtinanáledí

Cymraegglasrew plymen

Danskislag

Ελληνικάμαύρος πάγος

Suomimusta jää

Gaeilgeoighear dubh

Hrvatskiverglaš

Հայերենմերկասառույց

Italianoghiaccio nero vetrone

日本語アイスバーンブラックアイスバーン透明氷雨氷黒氷

ქართულილიპყინული

Қазақ тілікөктайғақ

한국어도로 살얼음 블랙아이스 빙판빙판길

Македонскиполедица

Nederlandsijzel

Polskiczarny lód gołoledź ślizgawicaślizgawka szklanka

Portuguêsgelo negro

Românăghețuș polei

Русскийгололёд гололедица

Српскиverglaš

Svenskablixthalka svartis

Українськаожеле́да ожеледиця ожеле́дь

Tiếng Việtbảng đen

Examples

“He said the bus struck a patch of black ice, or freshly formed ice as yet invisible on the road surface, just after he had passed a trailer truck.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

black imported fire ant black information Black International black Irish black iron Black Isle

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