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FLOE

\flˈə͡ʊ], \flˈə‍ʊ], \f_l_ˈəʊ]\

Definitions of FLOE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A large flat mass of floating ice, or a collection of such masses of ice.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Large cake of floating ice.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A mass of floating polar ice.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [Danish, Swedish] An extensive surface of ice floating in the ocean.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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