ice floe
ice floe
I i Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ahys floh]
- /aɪs floʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ahys floh]
- /aɪs floʊ/
Definitions of ice floe words
- noun ice floe a large flat mass of floating ice. 1
- noun ice floe floe (def 1). 1
- noun ice floe floating sheet of ice 1
- countable noun ice floe An ice floe is a large area of ice floating in the sea. 0
- noun ice floe a sheet of ice, of variable size, floating in the sea 0
- noun ice floe ice field (sense 2) 0
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Origin of ice floe
First appearance:
before 1810 One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20
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Parts of speech for Ice floe
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ice floe popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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ice floe usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ice floe
noun ice floe
- iceberg — a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
- icecap — a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- berg — Alban (Maria Johannes) (ˈalbaːn). 1885–1935, Austrian composer: a pupil of Schoenberg. His works include the operas Wozzeck (1921) and Lulu (1935), a violin concerto (1935), chamber works, and songs
- floe — Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- ice field — a large sheet of floating ice, larger than an ice floe.
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