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1. (n.) glacier
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.
Etymology: (1735–45; < dial. F, der. of OF glace ice < VL *glacia)
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| Definition of 'glacier' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) glacier
a slowly moving mass of ice
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1. (noun) glacier
a very large area of ice that moves slowly over land
melting glaciers
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| Definition of 'glacier' |
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1. (noun) glacier
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. 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.
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Sense: a mass of ice, formed from the snow on mountains.
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 Afrikaans: gletser |
 Arabic: كُتلة جليديَّه |
 Bulgarian: ледник |
 Brazilian: geleira |
 Czech: ledovec |
 German: der Gletscher |
 Danish: gletscher |
 Greek: παγετώνας |
 Spanish: glaciar |
 Estonian: jääliustik |
 Farsi: یخچال طبیعی |
 Finnish: jäätikkö |
 French: glacier |
 Hebrew: קרחון הרים |
 Hindi: हिमानी |
 Croatian: ledenjak |
 Hungarian: gleccser |
 Indonesian: sungai es |
 Icelandic: (skrið)jökull |
 Italian: ghiacciaio |
 Japanese: 氷河 |
 Korean: 빙하 |
 Lithuanian: ledynas |
 Latvian: šļūdonis |
 Malay: glasier |
 Dutch: gletsjer |
 Norwegian: isbre |
 Polish: lodowiec |
 Persian: یخچال طبیعی |
 Pashto: يخچال ( ديخې لوى ټوټې ) د |
 Portuguese: glaciar |
 Romanian: gheţar |
 Russian: ледник, глетчер |
 Slovak: ľadovec |
 Slovenian: ledenik |
 Serbian: glečer |
 Swedish: glaciär, jökel |
 Thai: ธารน้ำแข็ง |
 Turkish: buzul |
 Taiwanese: 冰河 |
 Ukrainian: льодовик, глетчер |
 Urdu: برف زار |
 Vietnamese: sông băng |
 Chinese: 冰川 |
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