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Vocabulary Entry
floe
|noun • verb
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N
noun
A sheet of floating ice in a body of water.
Example Sentences
"The polar bear rested on the large floe."
"They navigated their ship through the scattered floes."
"In winter, the river was often covered with a thick floe."
V
verb
To form or cover with a floe; to float as sheet ice.
Example Sentences
"The water began to floe as the temperature dropped."
"During the winter, the lake started to floe over."
"If the conditions are right, ice can begin to floe overnight."