ice floe
nounUK /ˈaɪs.fləʊ/ · US /ˈaɪs.floʊ/
Etymology From ice + floe.
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.
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
- ice float
- Coordinate terms
- iceberg