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Definition of ice raft

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: ice floe

ice-raft

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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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“Ice raft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20raft. Accessed 21 May. 2022.

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