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Floe
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Floe has 1 sense
- floe(n = noun.object) ice floe - a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea; Array is a kind of ice mass
CIDE DICTIONARY
Floe, n. [Cf. Dan. flag af iis, iisflage, Sw. flaga, flake, isflaga, isflake. See Flag a flat stone.].
A low, flat mass of floating ice. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Floe, n. a sheet of floating ice.
Etymology
prob. f. Norw. flo f. ON fl{oacute} layer
THESAURUS
Floe
Dry Ice, berg, calf, cryosphere, firn, frazil, frozen water, glaciation, glacier, glacieret, glaze, glazed frost, granular snow, ground ice, growler, ice, ice banner, ice barrier, ice belt, ice cave, ice cubes, ice dike, ice field, ice floe, ice foot, ice front, ice island, ice needle, ice pack, ice pinnacle, ice raft, ice sheet, iceberg, icefall, icequake, icicle, jokul, lolly, neve, nieve penitente, pack ice, serac, shelf ice, sleet, slob, sludge, snow ice, snowberg
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