kame

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[ keym ]

nounPhysical Geography.
  1. a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.

Origin of kame

1
1860–65 for this sense; special use of Scots, N dial. kame comb (Middle English (dial.) camb, kambe,Old English camb, comb); see comb

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Other definitions for kame (2 of 2)

kame2
[ keym ]

nounScot.

Origin of kame

2
Dialectal variant of comb

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How to use kame in a sentence

  • I do not think that "the Doctor's redding-kame" now survives 233as a name, even if the original trees be still to the fore.

  • kame terraces are hummocky embankments of stratified drift sometimes found in rugged regions along the sides of valleys.

    The Elements of Geology | William Harmon Norton
  • In many cases they form irregular groups of hills, and in other cases fairly well defined kame ridges.

    Geology | William J. Miller
  • Naturally they thought he was at Mrs. kame's in Banbury, but she hasn't laid eyes on him.

    A Modern Chronicle, Complete | Winston Churchill
  • I knew her when she first married John kame, the dearest, simplest man that ever was.

    A Modern Chronicle, Complete | Winston Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for kame

kame

/ (keɪm) /


noun
  1. an irregular mound or ridge of gravel, sand, etc, deposited by water derived from melting glaciers

Origin of kame

1
C19: Scottish and northern English variant of comb

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Scientific definitions for kame

kame

[ kām ]


  1. A small hill or ridge consisting of layers of sand and gravel deposited by a meltwater stream at the margin of a melting glacier.

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