floe
/fləʊ/US/floʊ/
floe noun: a low, flat mass of floating ice.
Noun
floe (plural floes)
- A low, flat mass of floating ice.
- We could never pause when hauling through current-driven slush and ice for fear that the floes would slam together and crush one or both of the hulls.1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, pages 590-591
- Synonyms:
- ice floe
floe meaning in Kannada, Indonesian and Vietnamese
floe in Kannada
- ತೇಲುವ ಮಂಜುಗಡ್ಡೆ
floe in Indonesian
- a low, flat mass of floating ice
- apungan es
floe in Vietnamese
- a low, flat mass of floating ice
- băng trôi
Synonyms of floe
Forms of floe
| plural | floes |
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Origin of floe
Early 19th century. Probably from Norwegian Nynorsk flo (“layer, slab”), from Old Norse fló (“layer”).
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Questions about floe
- What does floe mean?
- Floe means a low, flat mass of floating ice.
- What is floe in Kannada?
- Floe in Kannada is ತೇಲುವ ಮಂಜುಗಡ್ಡೆ. See Floe meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is floe?
- Floe is a noun.
- How do you pronounce floe?
- Floe is pronounced /fləʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of floe?
- The plural of floe is floes.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: floe (page history and authors); floe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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