glacier
noun/ˈɡlæsiə(r)/
/ˈɡleɪʃər/
- a slow-moving mass or river of ice, formed from snow on mountains or near the North Pole or South PoleTopics Geographyb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryGlacier is used after these nouns:
- mountain
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, from glace ‘ice’, based on Latin glacies.Definitions on the go
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