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glacier
[ gley-sher ]
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.
glacier
/ ˈɡlæsɪə; ˈɡleɪs- /
noun
- 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 )
glacier
/ glā′shər /
- 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.
glacier
- 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.
Notes
Other Words From
- glaciered adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of glacier1
Word History and Origins
Origin of glacier1
Example Sentences
In an era of dwindling glaciers, Southern Patagonia has managed to hold on to a surprising amount of its ice.
The snowfall pattern is changing and then the melting of the glacier is changing.
High greenhouse gas emissions from human activity cause global temperatures to rise, melting ice sheets and glaciers, which in turn increases the volume of water in the ocean — encroaching on shorelines around the world.
Its latest State of the Climate report also finds that our oceans are heating up rapidly and glacier melt is accelerating.
“Iceland is essentially one of the best places in the world to study this … because we have both volcanism and glaciers,” volcanologist Michelle Parks of the Icelandic Meteorological Office told Reuters.
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