Definition of floe
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:floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water
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:ice floe
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Icebreaker, so named because each turbine's foundation has been designed to withstand lake ice floes, formally asked for bids for part of the project earlier this summer.
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Meanwhile, along the sides of the strait, floes of ice were moving by rather quickly.
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Some of it was covered in sand and dirt from crashing against the coast, while larger floes had pools of turquoise meltwater on top.
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Some of it was covered in sand and dirt from crashing against the coast, while larger floes had pools of turquoise meltwater on top.
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Some of it was covered in sand and dirt from crashing against the coast, while larger floes had pools of turquoise meltwater on top.
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A Columbia professor eagerly signs a petition to discourage Canadians from putting their elders on ice floes.
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As well, two of the three bears frolic on ice floes, which grizzlies reportedly never do.
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On the wide screen above, killer whales in the wild work in tandem to manufacture waves, dislodging their prey — a lone seal perched on an ice floe.
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Origin and Etymology of floe
probably from Norwegian flo flat layer
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