Meaning

1 senses
  1. A low, flat mass of floating ice.

    Eisscholle, Scholle, Packeis

    льди́наlʹdína

    крижи́наkryžýna, кри́гаkrýha, льоди́наlʹodýna

    a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a low, flat mass of floating ice:
Русский
By meaning 1
a low, flat mass of floating ice:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a low, flat mass of floating ice:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: floes
Singularfloe
Pluralfloes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea:ice floe

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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