ice floe

UK/ˈaɪs.fləʊ/US/ˈaɪs.floʊ/

noun

Any type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice.

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ice floatfloe
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Meanings

nounice floe (plural ice floes)

plural ice floes · alternative icefloe

  1. Any type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice.
  2. An ice dam (ice jam), a blockage of ice in a river starting with an ice floe in the river.

    Synonyms: ice float

  3. An ice stream (ice flow), a type of fast moving glacier
  4. A flat mass of floating ice, smaller than an ice field.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn ice dam (ice jam), a blockage of ice in a river starting with an ice floe in the river.

Similar
ice float

More synonyms by meaning

nouna flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea

Similar
floe
Broader
ice mass
Also see
floe

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From ice + floe.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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