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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024float′ing is′land, - Fooda dessert consisting of boiled custard with portions of meringue, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites and sometimes jelly floating upon it or around it.
- a floating mass of earth and partly decayed vegetation held together by interlacing roots, as on a lake: usually formed by the accumulation of plant litter;
sometimes artificially built on wooden platforms, as in the Orient.
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