glacier

gla·cier  (glshr)

n.

A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow accumulation exceeds melting and sublimation.

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[French, from Old French, cold place, from glace, ice, from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glacis; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]

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glaciered adj.

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glacier [ˈglæsɪə ˈgleɪs-]

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a slowly moving mass of ice originating from an accumulation of snow. It can either spread out from a central mass (continental glacier) or descend from a high valley (alpine glacier)

[from French (Savoy dialect), from Old French glace ice, from Late Latin glacia, from Latin glaciēs ice]

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glacier  (glshr)

A large mass of ice moving very slowly through a valley or spreading outward from a center. Glaciers form over many years from packed snow in areas where snow accumulates faster than it melts. A glacier is always moving, but when its forward edge melts faster than the ice behind it advances, the glacier as a whole shrinks backward.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

glacier - a slowly moving mass of ice           Alpine glacier, Alpine type of glacier - a glacier that moves down from a high valley continental glacier - a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice icefall - a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall ice mass - a large mass of ice moraine - accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier neve - the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice Piedmont glacier, Piedmont type of glacier - a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice ice, water ice - water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks"

Translations

glacier [ˈglæsɪəʳ] N → glaciar m

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glacier [ˈglæsiə^r ˈgleɪsiə^r] n → glacier m

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glacier

n → Gletscher m

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glacier [ˈglæsɪəʳ] n → ghiacciaio

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glacier [ˈglæsɪəʳ] n → ghiacciaio

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glacier

n glacier [ˈglӕsiə, (American ) ˈgleiʃər]

a mass of ice, formed from the snow on mountains. gletser كُتلة جليديَّه ледник ledovec gletscher der Gletscher παγετώνας glaciar jääliustik یخچال طبیعی jäätikkö glacier קרחון הרים हिमानी ledenjak gleccser sungai es (skrið)jökull ghiacciaio 氷河 빙하 ledynas šļūdonis glasier gletsjer isbre lodowiec glaciar gheţar ледник, глетчер ľadovec ledenik glečer glaciär, jökel ธารน้ำแข็ง buzul 冰河 льодовик, глетчер برف زار sông băng 冰川

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glacier → نهر جليدي ledovec gletscher Gletscher παγετώνας glaciar jäätikkö glacier ledenjak ghiacciaio 氷河 빙하 gletsjer isbre lodowiec geleira, glaciar ледник glaciär ธารน้ำแข็ง buzul khối băng trôi 冰河