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flockling | flockly | flockmel | flocky | flodden | floe | flog | flogger | flogging | flon | flong

floe

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

floen. [Cf. Dan. flag af iis, iisflage, Sw. flaga, flake, isflaga, isflake. See Flag a flat stone.].
     A low, flat mass of floating ice.  [1913 Webster]
Floe rat (Zoöl.), a seal (Phoca fœtida).

OXFORD DICTIONARY

floe, n. a sheet of floating ice.

Etymology
prob. f. Norw. flo f. ON fl{oacute} layer

THESAURUS

floe

Dry Ice, berg, calf, cryosphere, firn, frazil, frozen water, glaciation, glacier, glacieret, glaze, glazed frost, granular snow, ground ice, growler, ice, ice banner, ice barrier, ice belt, ice cave, ice cubes, ice dike, ice field, ice floe, ice foot, ice front, ice island, ice needle, ice pack, ice pinnacle, ice raft, ice sheet, iceberg, icefall, icequake, icicle, jokul, lolly, neve, nieve penitente, pack ice, serac, shelf ice, sleet, slob, sludge, snow ice, snowberg

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