Home › Words › I › icebowicebowicebow · noun — an atmospheric phenomenon resembling a rainbow but associated with ice crystals.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBlend of ice + rainbow.nounAn atmospheric phenomenon resembling a rainbow but associated with ice crystals.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.snowbow 78% match — An atmospheric phenomenon resembling a rainbow but associated with snow. vs icebow →frostbow 68% match — A white arc or circle in the sky during frosty weather, formed by reflection of sunlight from ice crystals floating in the air. vs icebow →foambow 67% match — A kind of rainbow or fogbow seen as sunlight passes through the airborne water droplets of a waterfall. vs icebow →fogbow 66% match — A white arc or circle, similar to a rainbow, which can appear in the sky in foggy conditions as sunlight passes through small airborne water droplets. vs icebow →moonbow 62% match — A rainbow formed by moonlight diffracted by water droplets in the air, usually fainter than a daytime rainbow and with fewer distinguishable colours. vs icebow →irisation 62% match — A colorful optical phenomenon seen in iridescent clouds and on the borders of lenticular clouds resembling those seen in soap bubbles and oil on a water surface. vs icebow →rainbowy 62% match — Resembling a rainbow. vs icebow →sunbow 62% match — A bow or arc of prismatic colors like a rainbow, caused by refraction through a spray of water from a cataract, waterfall, fountain, etc., rather than through droplets of rain. vs icebow →