| 1. | a dessert consisting of boiled custard with portions of meringue, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites and sometimes jelly floating upon it or around it. |
| 2. | a floating mass of earth and partly decayed vegetation held together by interlacing roots, as on a lake: usually formed by the accumulation of plant litter; sometimes artificially built on wooden platforms, as in the Orient. |
| floating island n. A dessert of soft custard with mounds of beaten egg whites or whipped cream floating on its surface. |