ice floe

noun

: a usually large flat free mass of floating sea ice

Examples of ice floe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Trouble is on the horizon though as an explosion on one of his oil rigs has freed a killer ice floe, setting loose tsunamis, threatening hundreds of thousands of lives and heading directly for Europe. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

Imagine soaking in the tub and viewing penguins diving off ice floes. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

Other cooperative strategies include herding mobile rays, blocking an escape path while hunting white sharks, and deliberately producing waves to bump penguins off ice floes. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

Despite some common themes, the trajectory of your own Skarsgård relationship will be uniquely determined by Skarsgårdian free will, Nordic jurisprudence, and increasingly unpredictable ice floes. — Sarah Hutto, New Yorker, 7 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ice floe

• acknow
• aglow
• ago
• airglow
• aloe
• altho
• although
• ammo
• backflow
• backhoe
• banjo
• barbeau

Kids Definition

ice floe

noun

: a flat free mass of floating sea ice