"arctic" in the noun sense

1. Arctic, Arctic Zone, North Frigid Zone

the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole

2. arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe

a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

"arctic" in the adjective sense

1. north-polar, Arctic

of or relating to the Arctic

"the Arctic summer"

2. arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar

extremely cold

"an arctic climate"

"a frigid day"

"gelid waters of the North Atlantic"

"glacial winds"

"icy hands"

"polar weather"

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They are those winged messengers that can fly
From the Antarctic to the Arctic sky;
The heralds and swift harbingers that move
From east to west on embassies of love.[ Howell ]

Men and communities in this world are often in the position of Arctic explorers, who are making great speed in a given direction, while the ice-floe beneath them is making greater speed in the opposite.[ John Burroughs ]

Year by year, more and more of the world gets disenchanted. Even the icy privacy of the arctic and antarctic circles is invaded. We have played Jack Horner with our earth, till there is never a plum left in it.[ Lowell ]

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