kame
1a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.
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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.
Highways and Byways in The Border | Andrew Langkame terraces are hummocky embankments of stratified drift sometimes found in rugged regions along the sides of valleys.
The Elements of Geology | William Harmon NortonIn many cases they form irregular groups of hills, and in other cases fairly well defined kame ridges.
Geology | William J. MillerNaturally they thought he was at Mrs. kame's in Banbury, but she hasn't laid eyes on him.
A Modern Chronicle, Complete | Winston ChurchillI 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
/ (keɪm) /
an irregular mound or ridge of gravel, sand, etc, deposited by water derived from melting glaciers
Origin of kame
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Scientific definitions for kame
[ kām ]
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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