ice floe
a large flat mass of floating ice.
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How to use ice floe in a sentence
The others, Thomas Myers and Luke Adebayo, wind up, respectively, stranded on an ice floe and hunkered down beside a snowmobile.
‘Lean Fall Stand’ opens with a literal cliffhanger you won’t soon forget | Jon Michaud | September 27, 2021 | Washington PostEven better, meteorites tend to get trapped in moving ice floes which accumulate at the base of mountain ranges, where they often resurface.
Meteorites From Mars Contain Clues About the Red Planet’s Geology | Arya Udry | June 17, 2020 | Singularity HubThey 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.
The ice-floe was so deep down in the water that the current that ran underneath drew it along.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
So both children turned their effort to shoving off the ice-floe and soon succeeded in moving it beyond the reach of the poles.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest | Lillian Elizabeth RoyThat was entirely out of his plans, so he used his pole to push himself over as near to the large ice-floe as possible.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest | Lillian Elizabeth RoyIn the morning, the ice-floe burst across immediately beneath the ship.
We ran into an ice floe last night and the Ark slipped upon the ledge of the iceberg and grounded.
The Cruise of the Noah's Ark | David Cory
British Dictionary definitions for ice floe
a sheet of ice, of variable size, floating in the sea: See also ice field (def. 1)
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Scientific definitions for ice floe
A large, flat expanse of floating ice smaller than a marine ice field.
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