black ice in English

noun
1
a transparent coating of ice, found especially on a road or other paved surface.
The A127 and A13 were particularly badly hit after several centimetres of snow fell overnight, compounded by black ice and a frost which hardened the snow into a virtual skating rink.

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1. Cold weather is common at high altitudes, and black ice quickly forms on rock surfaces.

2. Becca Fitzpatrick is the author of Black Ice, Dangerous Lies, and the Hush, Hush saga, including Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence; and Finale—all four of which debuted as New York Times bestsellers

3. It was one covered in black ice with red streaks in it.4 Apart from the dangers of a minor negative-dominant layer, Agathys was dangerously cold for unprotected people.4 The air

4. The American Meteorological Society Glossary of Meteorology includes the definition of black ice as "a thin sheet of ice, relatively dark in appearance, may form when light rain or drizzle falls on a road surface that is at a temperature below 0 °C (32 °F)."