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

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

Lonely mountain tops, desert interiors, Arctic ice floes, or the vast frozen ice sheets of Antarctica are remote places that come to mind immediately. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026

As rising global temperatures threaten the polar ice floes, loud and previously-unknown sounds from the breakdown of ice are becoming more frequent, impacting polar ecosystems. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026

But the ice floe, red with the blood of a seal killed by a Greenlandic hunter. — Photovogue, Vogue, 22 Mar. 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