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floes

[floh] Origin

floe

[floh]
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; perhaps < Norwegian flo layer (compare Old Norse flō layer, level); cognate with Old English flōh piece, flagstone; compare flaw1

floe, flow (see synonym note at flow).
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Floes is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Word Origin & History

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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