KAME

Meaning of KAME in English

[ keɪm ]

■ noun Geology a steep mound of sand and gravel deposited by a melting ice sheet.

Origin

C18: Scots form of comb .

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KAME — noun Etymology: Scots, ~, comb, from Middle English (northern) camb comb, from Old English Date: 1795 a short ridge, hill, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
KAME — (n.) A low ridge.
Английский словарь Webster
KAME — ( n. ) A low ridge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KAME — kame 1 /kaym/ , n. Physical Geog. a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KAME — n. mound of sand and gravel left by a glacier (Geology)
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KAME — noun Etymology: Scots, kame, comb, from Middle English (northern) camb comb, from Old English Date: 1795 : a short ridge, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KAME — noun a low ridge.
Webster English vocab
KAME — [kame] n [Sc, kame, comb, fr. ME (northern) camb comb, fr. OE] (1795): a short ridge, hill, or mound of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KAME — moundlike hill of poorly sorted drift, mostly sand and gravel, deposited at or near the terminus of a glacier. A …
Britannica English vocabulary
KAME — n. a short ridge of sand and gravel deposited from the water of a melted glacier. [Sc. form of COMB]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KAME — n. a short ridge of sand and gravel deposited from the water of a melted glacier. [ Sc. form of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KAME — n. a short ridge of sand and gravel deposited from the water of a melted glacier. Etymology: Sc. form of …
Oxford English vocab
KAME — A conical hill or short irregular ridge of gravel or sand deposited in contact with glacial ice.
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
KAME — [Other] Kame was one of the two brothers who created animals. He is from Caingang Indian mythology. It is said …
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KAME — кам (геология) кам
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KAME — n геол. кам
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KAME — кам
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KAME — (0) кам
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KAME — n геол. кам
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KAME — n геол. кам
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KAME — кам (геология) кам
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KAME — n. Pronunciation: ' k ā m Function: noun Etymology: Scots, kame, comb, from Middle English (northern) camb comb, from Old …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
KAME TERRACE — noun Etymology: kame (II) : a terrace of stratified sand and gravel deposited by streams between a glacier and an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TERRACE — I. ˈterə̇s noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French terrasse, terrace pile of earth, platform, terrace, from Old Provençal terrassa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
CHAMAE- — combining form or chame- in pronunciations below, | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ . |kamē or -mə Etymology: New Latin, from Greek chamai on the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAME — came 1 /kaym/ , v. pt. of come . came 2 /kaym/ , n. a slender, grooved bar of lead …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KETTLE — also called Kettle Hole, in geology, depression in a glacial outwash drift made by the melting of a detached mass …
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ORDOVICIAN PERIOD — interval of geologic time from 505 to 438 million years ago. The second oldest period of the Paleozoic Era, it …
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SADDLE — Synonyms and related words : Chateaubriand, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bed, bed down, bellyband, bench, bit, blade roast, blinders, …
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