floe C2 Topic:Nature & Landscape US /floʊ/ UK /fləʊ/ See IPA manual Freq #52407 Meanings 1 noun A flat sheet of ice floating on the surface of the sea. I carefully steered the ship around the drifting floe. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a flat sheet of ice... ice floe Common collocations ice floe Noun + noun Etymology AI details Early 19th century. Probably from Norwegian Nynorsk flo (“layer, slab”), from Old Norse fló (“layer”). flo nn fló Old Norse View etymology graph -> Topics Nature & Landscape External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # floe **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /floʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /fləʊ/ **Frequency rank:** 52407 ## Meanings 1. A flat sheet of ice floating on the surface of the sea. ## Examples - I carefully steered the ship around the drifting floe. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: flo - Root: fló ## Etymology Early 19th century. Probably from Norwegian Nynorsk flo (“layer, slab”), from Old Norse fló (“layer”). ## AI Etymology Floe early 19th century. Probably from Norwegian Nynorsk flo (“layer, slab”), from Old Norse fló (“layer”). Important recorded forms include flo (nn) and fló (Old Norse). Current senses include a flat sheet of ice floating on the surface of the sea. ## Topics - Nature & Landscape markdown