drift ice

noun

One or more floating slabs of ice which have become detached from larger sheets or shoreline glaciers and which are moved by wind or sea currents.

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Meanings

noundrift ice (uncountable)
  1. uncountableOne or more floating slabs of ice which have become detached from larger sheets or shoreline glaciers and which are moved by wind or sea currents.

Translations

Catalan gel a la deriva
  • gel a la derivadetached, floating slabs of ice
Finnish ajojää
  • ajojäädetached, floating slabs of ice
German Treibeis
  • Treibeisdetached, floating slabs of ice
Hungarian úszó/zajló jégtábla
  • úszó/zajló jégtábladetached, floating slabs of ice
Japanese 流氷
  • 流氷 (ryūhyō)detached, floating slabs of ice
Korean 유빙
  • 유빙 (yubing)detached, floating slabs of ice
Polish pak lodowy, lód pakowy
  • pak lodowydetached, floating slabs of ice
  • lód pakowydetached, floating slabs of ice
  • lód dryfującydetached, floating slabs of ice
Swedish drivis
  • drivisdetached, floating slabs of ice
Cite this entry
APA

drift ice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drift%20ice

MLA

“drift ice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drift%20ice. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drift ice,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drift%20ice.

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