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.

Concepten

ijsschots

ijsschol

ijszee

Synoniemen

floe

block of ice

drift ice

ice field

sea ice

lump of ice

snow field

pack ice

snowfield

Vertalingen

Eisscholle

banquise

Treibeis

banco di ghiaccio

Packeis

Scholle

Eisklumpen

Eisblock

Eisfeld

παγονησίδα

iceberg

banc de glace

glaces flottantes

glaces en dérive

floe

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈaɪs.fləʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From ice + floe.