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Meaning of ice floe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈaɪs.fləʊ

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

Deutsch Eisscholle
Gàidhlig leac-eighre
日本語 浮氷
Polski kra

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ice fog ice foot ice fountain ice fractal ice giant ice giant planet

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