floating island
Americannoun
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a dessert consisting of boiled custard with portions of meringue, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites and sometimes jelly floating upon it or around it.
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a floating mass of earth and partly decayed vegetation held together by interlacing roots, as on a lake: usually formed by the accumulation of plant litter; sometimes artificially built on wooden platforms, as in Asia.
noun
Etymology
Origin of floating island
First recorded in 1630–40
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A small, floating island on a lake in the Canadian province of British Columbia has been spotted again after officials lost track of it on satellite images following its initial discovery.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, the newsletter world’s floating island of garbage—but a floating island of garbage that fights for you.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2024
Desserts include a floating island with Japanese-style cheesecake.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2022
As I was wrapping up my last meal, which concluded with a soft cloud of meringue above a pool of custard sauce — ask for floating island — Jean-Baptiste appeared at the door.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2021
He’d checked out; he was on some floating island made of graphite and paper where this reality didn’t exist.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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