: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
Examples of glacier in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebOfficials blamed unseasonably fast-melting glaciers in several Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts for the coming floods.—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024 In the afternoon, another zodiac takes you for an hour-long cruise around glaciers and alongside porpoising chinstrap penguins.—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for glacier
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Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French dialect (Franco-Provençal), from glace ice, from Latin glacies; akin to Latin gelu frost — more at cold
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