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floe

  [floh]
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–noun
1. Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
2. a detached floating portion of such a sheet.
Origin:
1810–20; perh. < Norw flo layer (cf. ON flō layer, level); c. OE flōh piece, flagstone; cf. flaw 1
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floe   (flō)   
n.  
  1. An ice floe.
  2. A segment that has separated from such an ice mass.

[Probably from Norwegian flo, layer, from Old Norse flō; see plāk-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Floe

Floe\ (fl[=o]), n. [Cf. Dan. flag af iis, iisflage, Sw. flaga, flake, isflaga, isflake. See Flag a flat stone.] A low, flat mass of floating ice.

Floe rat (Zo["o]l.), a seal (Phoca f[oe]tida).
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floe 
1817, first used by Arctic explorers, probably from Norw. flo "layer, slab," from O.N. flo, related to first element in flagstone (q.v.). Earlier explorers used flake.
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floe   (flō)  Pronunciation Key 
A mass or sheet of floating ice.
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