Arctic - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɑːrktɪk|  American pronunciation of the word arctic
Brit.  |ˈɑːktɪk|  British pronunciation of the word arctic

noun

- the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
- a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow (syn: galosh, golosh, gumshoe, rubber)

adjective

- of or relating to the Arctic (syn: north-polar)
- extremely cold (syn: frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar)
an arctic climate

Extra examples

The group is involved in Arctic exploration.

...the arctic air of deep winter...

Arctic Circle

Arctic Pole

...the polar bear is an iconic denizen of the snowy Arctic...

The explorer gazed across the vast Arctic expanse.

...the frigid Arctic is not habitable for amphibians and reptiles—or for humans, either, for that matter...

...those lucid bands that spread across the arctic sky and are known as the northern lights...

...the arctic circle is a nonentity—you won't see it on the way to the north pole...

...a report on the arctic tundra of Alaska and the polar bears that inhabit that vast, frozen plain...

Bound in the vice of the Arctic ice.

The whiteness of the arctic fox acts as camouflage, hiding it from its enemies.

It is an illusion that the Arctic is dark in winter.

The 45 year-old explorer has been preparing for his latest expedition to the Arctic.

Mr. Kennedy used October and November for Arctic field-work.

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