black ice

noun

: a nearly transparent film of ice on a dark surface (such as a paved road or a body of water) that is difficult to see

Examples of black ice in a Sentence

Drivers should beware of black ice.

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Humans require approximately 10cm or four inches of black ice to stand on the surface safely. —

Devika Rao, theweek, 8 Oct. 2024 Listen to this article A day after multiple streets were flooded and hundreds of flights were delayed as 3.66 inches of rain fell on New York City freezing conditions created black ice hazards Sunday. —

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024 At least one car crash, on the Belt Parkway in Queens, was blamed on black ice. —

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024 What happens far less frequently is the confluence of several days of a snowless and largely windless freeze that results in the smooth, black ice that’s perfect for wild skating—skimming across naturally frozen, unmaintained bodies of water. —

Cinnamon Janzer, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for black ice