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# floe

noun (a floe, floes; also ice floe)

«floe» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A large flat sheet of floating ice on the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floe/#m1)

### In the lessons

In geography and science about polar regions, floes break off the sea ice; polar bears hunt seals from them, and seals rest on them. As the climate warms, there is less sea ice and fewer floes in summer. In stories, explorers drift on floes. Phrases: «ice floe», «drifting floes».

### Examples

- A polar bear stood on the ice floe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floe/#x1)
- Seals rested on the floating floe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floe/#x2)
- The ship pushed slowly between the floes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floe/#x3)
- The explorers drifted for months on an ice floe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floe/#x4)
- Warmer seas mean fewer ice floes in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floe/#x5)
- The floe cracked and split in two. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floe/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Homophone trap: «floe» (ice) sounds like «flow» (to move like a liquid). Pronounced «flo». An iceberg is different: it comes from a glacier and sits deep in the water; a floe is flatter sea ice.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «floe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/floe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«floe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/floe.html) on Mova free.