ice floe

noun

: a usually large flat free mass of floating sea ice

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Our helicopter gently landed on the Knik Glacier, a stunning turquoise ice floe in the Knik River Valley that popped against the backdrop of the wintery Chugach Mountains. Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025 Seals tend to lounge on ice floes, while the Arctic’s most iconic land mammals are often spotted within the tundra landscape along the edges of the fjord valleys. Katherine Alex Beaven, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025 And in 2020, more than 500 ice fishermen were rescued from an ice floe near Mordvinov Bay on Sakhalin, according to state-run news agency RIA Novosti. Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025 Perhaps some of them saw the Porcupine high and fast, when the rivers were thawing and filled with ice floe, when the wind was low and the mosquitoes few. Alann B. Steen, Outdoor Life, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for ice floe

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ice floe was in 1819

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“Ice floe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20floe. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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ice floe

noun
: a flat free mass of floating sea ice
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