"ice floe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪs.fləʊ/ [UK], /ˈaɪs.floʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-ice floe.wav [US] Forms: ice floes [plural]
Etymology: From ice + floe. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ice|floe}} ice + floe Head templates: {{en-noun}} ice floe (plural ice floes)
  1. Any type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice. Synonyms: ice float, icefloe Coordinate_terms: iceberg
    Sense id: en-ice_floe-en-noun-Uy5Am~Ji Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 14 3 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 17 3 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 22 3 33
  2. An ice dam (ice jam), a blockage of ice in a river starting with an ice floe in the river.
    Sense id: en-ice_floe-en-noun-y24nrdG8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 14 3 44
  3. An ice stream (ice flow), a type of fast moving glacier
    Sense id: en-ice_floe-en-noun-VAN0SlD2
  4. A flat mass of floating ice, smaller than an ice field. Categories (topical): Ice
    Sense id: en-ice_floe-en-noun-2NpPKSmG Disambiguation of Ice: 16 14 20 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 14 3 44

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