floeberg

[ floh-burg ]

noun

1. a mass of ice floes resembling an iceberg.

Word History and Origins

Origin of floeberg¹

1875–80; floe + berg; modeled on iceberg

Example Sentences

We are sheltered north of a huge paleocrystic floeberg; and the dogs are at rest, with their noses in their tails.

From Project Gutenberg

We pitched camp on a floeberg of unusual height; about us were many big hummocks, and to the lee of these banks of hardened snow.

From Project Gutenberg