floating island

English

A floating island served at a restaurant in Singapore

Calque of French île flottante.

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, 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.

an aggregation of driftwood, roots, etc.

a dessert