floating island
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Etymology
[edit]Calque of French île flottante.
Noun
[edit]floating island (plural floating islands)
- An aggregation of driftwood, roots, etc., capable of bearing soil, floated out from a river delta or similar.
- 2010, C. Barry Cox, Peter D. Moore, Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach[1], page 225:
- Such a floating island could carry small animals such as frogs, lizards, or rats, the resistant eggs of other animals, and specimens of plants not adapted to oceanic dispersal.
- A French cold dessert consisting of an "island" of meringue, made of egg whites and sugar, floating in a "sea" of custard.
- Synonym of kitchen island
- 2006, Trends Very Best Kitchens & Bathrooms, page 69:
- The floating island doubles as a place for the children to do their homework and eat meals.
Translations
[edit]an aggregation of driftwood, roots, etc.
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a dessert
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Further reading
[edit]Floating island on Wikipedia.Wikipedia