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sé⋅rac

[si-rak; Fr. sey-rak]
–noun, plural -racs [-raks; Fr. -rak] .
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
Also, se⋅rac.


Origin:
1855–60; < F sérac kind of white cheese (cf. ML serācium), ult. < L serum whey
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sé·rac also se·rac   (sə-rāk', sā-)   
n.  A large pointed mass of ice in a glacier isolated by intersecting crevasses.

[French, cottage cheese, sérac, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *serāceum, whey, from Latin serum.]
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