ice floe

noun

: a usually large flat free mass of floating sea ice

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The incident unfolded a day after a U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued two people from an ice floe in Saginaw Bay, Michigan. CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025 Icy Repose by Sue Flood A Weddell seal reclines on an ice floe in Neko Harbor, an inlet on the Antarctic Peninsula. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025 Case in point: Orcas in the Atlantic have been observed working together to create waves that dislodge seals from ice floes. Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for ice floe 

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

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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 6 Feb. 2025.

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ice floe

noun
: a flat free mass of floating sea ice
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