floe
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
a detached floating portion of such a sheet.
Origin of floe
1Words that may be confused with floe
- floe , flow
Words Nearby floe
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How to use floe in a sentence
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 | THE DAILY BEASTNot that Western civilization has never embraced the mythical Inuit practice of leaving the old out on an ice floe.
There's a clear passage through the floe, and clear water beyond, the lookout says.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousNo craft like the Grampus could work through a floe, What knots she could run, and what tons she could stow!
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various"Be ready, now," said Kit; when some one of the party on the floe fired on a sudden.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens
About seven o'clock we heard a splashing out along the floe.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensWe towed the carcass up to the edge of the floe, and pulled it up.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens
British Dictionary definitions for floe
/ (fləʊ) /
See ice floe
Origin of floe
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for floe
[ flō ]
A mass or sheet of floating ice.
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