ice pack

pack ice.

ice bag.

Origin of ice pack

First recorded in 1850–55

The Vega reached Bering Strait where she was nipped by the ice-pack.

Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson
A steady and heavy gale set in from the northeast and the ice-pack began to drive.

The Boy With the U. S. Survey |Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Near Batty Bay they were caught in the ice-pack two miles from land and their fate was for a time doubtful.

True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World |Adolphus W. Greely
The Corwin took the lead, and a five-mile run brought us to the edge of the ice-pack.

In Search of a Siberian Klondike |Homer B. Hulbert

But in its main aspects life on the ice-pack was full of dread in which nervous anxiety largely entered.

True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World |Adolphus W. Greely

ice pack

a bag or folded cloth containing ice, applied to a part of the body, esp the head, to cool, reduce swelling, etc

another name for pack ice

a sachet containing a gel that can be frozen or heated and that retains its temperature for an extended period of time, used esp in cool bags

ice pack

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A folded sac filled with crushed ice and applied to sore or swollen parts of the body to reduce pain and inflammation.