glacier
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ʃər noun
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
Origin:
1735–45; < dialectal French, derivative of Old French glace ice < Late Latin glacia (for Latin glaciēs)
1735–45; < dialectal French, derivative of Old French glace ice < Late Latin glacia (for Latin glaciēs)
Related forms
gla·ciered, adjective
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| 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) | |
| [C18: from French (Savoy dialect), from Old French glace ice, from Late Latin glacia, from Latin glaciēs ice] | |
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Word Origin & History
glacier
1744, from Fr. glacier, from Savoy dialect glacière "moving mass of ice," from O.Fr. glace "ice," from L. glacies (see glacial).
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| glacier (glā'shər) Pronunciation Key
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. |
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glacier definition
A large mass of ice formed over many years that does not melt during the summer. Glaciers move slowly over an area of land such as a mountain valley.
Note: Glaciers exist in high mountains throughout the temperate zones and cover most of Antarctica. Glaciers recede during warm periods and can expand during cold periods, creating ice ages.
Note: A significant percentage of the water of the Earth is locked up in glaciers.
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Example sentences
New species evolve when some geographic barrier-a mountain range, an ocean, a glacier-divides a population.
The wind was howling, the moraine unstable, and the glacier was booming.
London, England, used to have a glacier.
Inefficient central power generation is protected by a glacier of artificial barriers.
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