ice floe

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noun

a large flat mass of floating ice.

floe (def. 1).

Origin of ice floe

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby ice floe

icefall, ice feathers, ice field, ice fish, ice fishing, ice floe, ice flowers, ice fog, ice foot, ice-free, ice front

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Example sentences from the Web for ice floe

In the morning, the ice-floe burst across immediately beneath the ship.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art|Various
While they were toiling south, the ice-floe over which they were plodding was drifting more rapidly north.
American Merchant Ships and Sailors|Willis J. Abbot
One might as well be steering through an ice-floe as try to come to an anchor here without running foul of something.
Jacob Faithful|Captain Frederick Marryat
The pieces of ice-floe bobbing in the choppy current inspired him with uneasiness, even with fear.
The Boy With the U.S. Miners|Francis Rolt-Wheeler

All this time the ice-floe was moving slowly but surely forward.
The Cruise of the O Moo|Roy J. Snell

British Dictionary definitions for ice floe

ice floe

noun

a sheet of ice, of variable size, floating in the seaSee also ice field (def. 1)

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Scientific definitions for ice floe

ice floe

A large, flat expanse of floating ice smaller than a marine ice field.

单词	ice floe
释义	ice floe SEE SYNONYMS FOR ice floe ON THESAURUS.COM noun a large flat mass of floating ice. floe (def. 1). Origin of ice floe First recorded in 1810–20 Words nearby ice floe icefall, ice feathers, ice field, ice fish, ice fishing, ice floe, ice flowers, ice fog, ice foot, ice-free, ice front Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ice floe In the morning, the ice-floe burst across immediately beneath the ship. Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art\|Various While they were toiling south, the ice-floe over which they were plodding was drifting more rapidly north. American Merchant Ships and Sailors\|Willis J. Abbot One might as well be steering through an ice-floe as try to come to an anchor here without running foul of something. Jacob Faithful\|Captain Frederick Marryat The pieces of ice-floe bobbing in the choppy current inspired him with uneasiness, even with fear. The Boy With the U.S. Miners\|Francis Rolt-Wheeler All this time the ice-floe was moving slowly but surely forward. The Cruise of the O Moo\|Roy J. Snell British Dictionary definitions for ice floe ice floe noun a sheet of ice, of variable size, floating in the seaSee also ice field (def. 1) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ice floe iceberg, icecap, berg, floe, ice field Scientific definitions for ice floe ice floe A large, flat expanse of floating ice smaller than a marine ice field. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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ice floe

noun

Origin of ice floe

Words nearby ice floe

Example sentences from the Web for ice floe

British Dictionary definitions for ice floe

noun

Words related to ice floe

Scientific definitions for ice floe