floe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A flat sheet of ice floating on the surface of the sea.

   I carefully steered the ship around the drifting floe.

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Early 19th century. Probably from Norwegian Nynorsk flo (“layer, slab”), from Old Norse fló (“layer”).

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