Moraine

//məˈɹeɪn//

Synonyms for "moraine" (29 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

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derived

9 entries

etymologically related_to

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has context

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is a

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part of

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related to

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Translations

66 translations across 59 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • morene noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Albanian

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  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • morrena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մորեն noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • moren noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Basque

1 entries
  • morrena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • марэ́на noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Bengali

1 entries
  • গ্রাবরেখা noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • морена noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Catalan

3 entries
  • clapera noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)
  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)
  • morrena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 冰磧 /冰碛 noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Czech

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  • moréna noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Danish

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  • moræne noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Dutch

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  • morene noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Esperanto

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  • moreno noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Estonian

1 entries
  • moreen noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Finnish

1 entries
  • moreeni noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

French

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  • moraine noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Galician

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  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მორენა noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

German

2 entries
  • Moräne noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)
  • Moräne noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Greek

2 entries
  • λιθώνας noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)
  • μοραίνη noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • morèn noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מוֹרֶנָה noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • moréna noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • jökulgarður noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Ido

1 entries
  • moreno noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Interlingua

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  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Irish

1 entries
  • moiréan noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Italian

1 entries
  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Japanese

1 entries
  • モレーン noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • морена noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Korean

2 entries
  • 모레인 noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)
  • 빙퇴석 noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • морена noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Latin

1 entries
  • morēna noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Latvian

1 entries
  • morēna noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • морена noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Malay

1 entries
  • morain noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • morene noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • morene noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Occitan

1 entries
  • morrena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Persian

1 entries
  • یخرفت noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Polish

1 entries
  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Romanian

1 entries
  • morenă noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Russian

1 entries
  • море́на noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • moréna noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)
  • море́на noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Slovak

1 entries
  • moréna noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Slovene

1 entries
  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Spanish

1 entries
  • morrena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Swedish

1 entries
  • morän noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Tamil

1 entries
  • மொரைன்கள் noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Turkish

1 entries
  • moren noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • море́на noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • morena noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)
  • морена noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • morene noun (accumulation of rocks and debris)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This mountain is composed of molasse, which is partly covered by moraine material.

Source: tatoeba (2774516)

Near its terminus the glacier becomes a stagnating mass of ice covered by rock that is nearly indistinguishable from the surrounding moraine.

Source: tatoeba (12366738)

1896, James Edward Todd, The Moraines of the Missouri Coteau, and Their Attendant Deposits, US Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 144, page 47, This fact is suggestive in connection with the question whether the moraines mark different epochs of the ice age or different stages in the recession of the ice of one epoch. This moraine, like the previous ones, influenced the drainage of the country. Several streams have evidently been located or directed by the influence of this moraine.

Source: wiktionary

Prof. Dainelli made a personal study of the lakes of the Upper Indus lying between its confluence with the Gilgit on the west and the plains of Kashmir on the east. From this district he cites fifty lakes and groups of lakes. Many of these are moraine-dammed, but some of the larger ones, as the Satpor Tso, the Tso Moriri, the Chiun Tso, and the group of lakes associated with the Pángong Tso, he considers to have originated by glacial excavation.

Source: wiktionary

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