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Meaning of ice floe

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ice floe

Pronunciation:/ˈaɪs.fləʊ//ˈaɪs.floʊ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Any type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice.

  2. An ice dam (ice jam), a blockage of ice in a river starting with an ice floe in the river.

  3. An ice stream (ice flow), a type of fast moving glacier

  4. A flat mass of floating ice, smaller than an ice field.