ice floe

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ice floe

/ˈaɪs.fləʊ/ UK
/ˈaɪs.floʊ/ US

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From ice + floe.

noun ice floes · icefloe

Any type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice.
An ice dam (ice jam), a blockage of ice in a river starting with an ice floe in the river.
Similar: ice float
An ice stream (ice flow), a type of fast moving glacier
A flat mass of floating ice, smaller than an ice field.

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@misc{ice_floe_2026,
  title = {ice floe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ice%20floe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}