ESKER

Meaning of ESKER in English

[ 'ɛskə ]

■ noun Geology a long winding ridge of gravel and other sediment, deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier or ice sheet.

Origin

C19: from Ir. eiscir .

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ESKER — noun Etymology: Irish eiscir ridge Date: 1848 a long narrow ridge or mound of sand, gravel, and boulders deposited by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ESKER — noun also es·kar or es·char ˈeskə(r) ( -s ) Etymology: Irish Gaelic eiscir ridge : a long narrow often sinuous …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ESKER — (n.) See Eschar.
Английский словарь Webster
ESKER — ( n. ) See Eschar.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ESKER — /es"keuhr/ , n. Geol. a serpentine ridge of gravelly and sandy drift, believed to have been formed by streams under …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ESKER — noun Etymology: Irish eiscir ridge Date: 1848 : a long narrow ridge or mound of sand, gravel, and boulders deposited …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ESKER — noun ·see eschar.
Webster English vocab
ESKER — [es.ker] n [Ir eiscir ridge] (1848): a long narrow ridge or mound of sand, gravel, and boulders deposited by a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ESKER — also spelled Eskar, or Eschar, a long, narrow, winding ridge composed of stratified sand and gravel deposited by a subglacial …
Britannica English vocabulary
ESKER — esker BrE AmE ˈesk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ esker|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ESKER — / ˈeskə(r); NAmE / noun ( geology ) a long narrow area of small stones and earth that has been …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ESKER — n. (also eskar) Geol. a long ridge of post-glacial gravel in river valleys. [Ir. eiscir]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ESKER — n. (also eskar) Geol. a long ridge of post-glacial gravel in river valleys. [ Ir. eiscir ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ESKER — n. (also eskar) Geol. a long ridge of post-glacial gravel in river valleys. Etymology: Ir. eiscir
Oxford English vocab
ESKER — A narrow ridge of gravelly or sandy glacial outwash material deposited by a stream in an ice tunnel within a …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
ESKER — reeks
Anagrams English vocabulary
ESKER — эскер (геология) эскер, оз
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ESKER — Озы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ESKER — n геол. эскер, оз
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ESKER — (n) эскер
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ESKER — (0) оз
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ESKER — n геол. эскер, оз
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ESKER — n геол. эскер, оз
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ESKER — эскер (геология) эскер, оз
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ESKER — n. Pronunciation: ' es-k ə r Function: noun Etymology: Irish eiscir ridge Date: 1848 : a long narrow ridge or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BEADED ESKER — noun : an esker with numerous expansions and contractions in width
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ESKAR — noun see esker
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
KAME — I. ˈkām now dialect variant of comb II. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Scots, kame, comb, from Middle English (northern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ESCHAR — I. ˈeˌskär, ˈeskər noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by French eschare & Late Latin eschara eschar) of Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ESKAR — (n.) Alt. of Esker
Английский словарь Webster
ESKAR — ( n. ) Alt. of Esker
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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