ice floe

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noun

a large flat mass of floating ice.

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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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How to use ice floe in a sentence

The others, Thomas Myers and Luke Adebayo, wind up, respectively, stranded on an ice floe and hunkered down beside a snowmobile.
‘Lean Fall Stand’ opens with a literal cliffhanger you won’t soon forget|Jon Michaud|September 27, 2021|Washington Post
Even better, meteorites tend to get trapped in moving ice floes which accumulate at the base of mountain ranges, where they often resurface.
Meteorites From Mars Contain Clues About the Red Planet’s Geology|Arya Udry|June 17, 2020|Singularity Hub
They have gone out on an ice floe with no obvious way back to shore.
How the Republicans Blew the Payroll Tax Debate|John Batchelor|December 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Not that Western civilization has never embraced the mythical Inuit practice of leaving the old out on an ice floe.
The Great Untapped 80-Something Market|Liz Smith|March 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST

The ice-floe was so deep down in the water that the current that ran underneath drew it along.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
So both children turned their effort to shoving off the ice-floe and soon succeeded in moving it beyond the reach of the poles.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
That was entirely out of his plans, so he used his pole to push himself over as near to the large ice-floe as possible.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
In the morning, the ice-floe burst across immediately beneath the ship.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art|Various
We ran into an ice floe last night and the Ark slipped upon the ledge of the iceberg and grounded.
The Cruise of the Noah's Ark|David Cory

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.

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