ice floe

noun

: a usually large flat free mass of floating sea ice

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Expedition participant and documentary executive producer Dan Snow holding Shackleton's book, South, atop an ice floe. Allegra Rosenberg, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024 But through his Grand Ole Opry inflection constantly surfaces, like ice floes, the precision of Academe. Tom Burke, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024 On July 31, 18 runners completed the marathon on an ice floe. Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024 The first polar bear sighted in Iceland since 2016, who traveled on an ice floe from Greenland, was shot dead. Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ice floe 

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ice floe was in 1819

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“Ice floe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20floe. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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ice floe

noun
: a flat free mass of floating sea ice
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