ice floe

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Sinonieme

floe

block of ice

drift ice

ice field

sea ice

lump of ice

snow field

pack ice

snowfield

Vertalings

Eisscholle

banquise

Treibeis

banco di ghiaccio

Packeis

iceberg

Eisfeld

panna de gel

Eisblock

Eisklumpen

Eisberg

παγονησίδα

Scholle

banquisa

llenca de gel

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈaɪs.fləʊ/

Etimologie (Engels)

From ice + floe.