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Glacier

//ˈɡlæs.jə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality in the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. 2
    A census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

    "They warned that the effects of glacier melting on water resources are becoming “increasingly serious” for China."

  2. 2
    a slowly moving mass of ice wordnet
  3. 3
    An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.

    "You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer."

Etymology

Borrowed from French glacier, from Franco-Provençal gllaciér, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium, a derivative of Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin. First attested in English in 1744 per the OED.

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