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ice raft

noun

Definition of ice raft

 (Entry 1 of 2)

: ice floe

ice-raft

transitive verb

Definition of ice-raft (Entry 2 of 2)

: to transport on or in an iceberg or other floating ice a granitic boulder … might have reached its present location by ice-rafting — Journal of Geology ice-rafted sediment

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