Definitions for glacierˈgleɪ ʃər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
gla•cierˈgleɪ ʃər(n.)
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.
Category: Geology
Origin of glacier:
1735–45; < dial. F, der. of OF glace ice < VL *glacia
gla′ciered(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
glacier(noun)
a slowly moving mass of ice
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
glacier(noun)ˈgleɪ ʃər
a very large area of ice that moves slowly over land
melting glaciers
Wiktionary
glacier(Noun)
A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
Origin: glacier, from glace, from glacies, from gel-.
Webster Dictionary
Glacier(noun)
an immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Glacier
a more or less snow-white mass of ice occupying an Alpine valley and moving slowly down its bed like a viscous substance, being fed by semi-melted snow at the top called nevé and forming streams at the bottom; it has been defined by Prof. J. D. Forbes (q. v.) as "a viscous body which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts"; in the Alps alone they number over 1000, have an utmost depth of 1500 ft., and an utmost length of 12 m.
Translations for glacier
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
glacier(noun)
a mass of ice, formed from the snow on mountains.
- gletserAfrikaans
- كُتلة جليديَّهArabic
- ледникBulgarian
- geleiraPortuguese (BR)
- ledovecCzech
- der GletscherGerman
- gletscherDanish
- παγετώναςGreek
- glaciarSpanish
- jääliustikEstonian
- یخچال طبیعیFarsi
- jäätikköFinnish
- glacierFrench
- קרחון הריםHebrew
- हिमानीHindi
- ledenjakCroatian
- gleccserHungarian
- sungai esIndonesian
- (skrið)jökullIcelandic
- ghiacciaioItalian
- 氷河Japanese
- 빙하Korean
- ledynasLithuanian
- šļūdonisLatvian
- glasierMalay
- gletsjerDutch
- isbreNorwegian
- lodowiecPolish
- یخچال طبیعیPersian
- يخچال ( ديخې لوى ټوټې ) دګنكل سترې ټوټې چې دغرو له سرو څخه ورو ورو راښويېږى، ديخې لويې ټوټېPashto
- glaciarPortuguese
- gheţarRomanian
- ледник, глетчерRussian
- ľadovecSlovak
- ledenikSlovenian
- glečerSerbian
- glaciär, jökelSwedish
- ธารน้ำแข็งThai
- buzulTurkish
- 冰河Chinese (Trad.)
- льодовик, глетчерUkrainian
- برف زارUrdu
- sông băngVietnamese
- 冰川Chinese (Simp.)
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