ice raft

1 of 2

noun

: ice floe

ice-raft

2 of 2

transitive verb

: to transport on or in an iceberg or other floating ice

a granitic boulder … might have reached its present location by ice-rafting

—Journal of Geology

ice-rafted sediment

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Transitive verb

ice raft

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