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glacier table

noun

  1. a stone slab supported over the surface of a mountain glacier by a column or columns of ice.


glacier table

noun

  1. a rock sitting on a pillar of ice on top of a glacier, as a result of the ice immediately beneath the rock being protected from the heat of the sun and not melting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of glacier table1

First recorded in 1855–60

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