ice floe

Meaning

Noun

  • Any type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice.
  • An ice dam (ice jam), a blockage of ice in a river starting with an ice floe in the river.
  • An ice stream (ice flow), a type of fast moving glacier
  • A flat mass of floating ice, smaller than an ice field.

Related

Similar words

  • ice float

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