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icefloe

icefloe is the alternative form of ice floe.

Meaning of ice floe

Noun

ice floe (plural ice floes)

  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.

Forms of icefloe

pluralicefloes

Origin of icefloe

From ice + floe.

Questions about icefloe

What is icefloe the alternative form of?
Icefloe is the alternative form of ice floe.

Words near icefloe in the dictionary

  1. icefields
  2. icefish
  3. icefished
  4. icefishes
  5. icefishing
  6. icefloe
  7. icefloes
  8. icefoot
  9. icefree
  10. icegrass
  11. icehearted

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