MELTWATER

Meaning of MELTWATER in English

(also ~s )

■ noun water formed by the melting of snow and ice, especially from a glacier.

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MELTWATER — noun Date: 1923 water derived from the melting of ice and snow
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MELTWATER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : water from melting ice and snow
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MELTWATER — /melt"waw'teuhr, -wot'euhr/ , n. water from melted snow or ice. [ 1930-35; MELT 1 + WATER ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MELTWATER — n. water resulting from melted snow or ice
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MELTWATER — noun Date: 1923 : water derived from the melting of ice and snow
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MELTWATER — [melt.wa.ter] n (1923): water derived from the melting of ice and snow
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MELTWATER — meltwater BrE AmE ˈmelt ˌwɔːt ə AmE \ -ˌwɔːt̬ ə r -ˌwɑːt̬- ▷ meltwater|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MELTWATER — Water that comes from the melting ice of a glacier or a snow bank.
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
MELTWATER — талая вода
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
MELTWATER — n. Pronunciation: ' melt- ˌ wo ̇ -t ə r, - ˌ wä- Function: noun Date: 1923 : water derived …
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KAME — noun Etymology: Scots, ~, comb, from Middle English (northern) camb comb, from Old English Date: 1795 a short ridge, hill, …
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VAN, LAKE — Salt lake, eastern Anatolia. The largest lake in Turkey, it covers an area of 1,434 sq mi (3,713 sq km) …
Английский словарь Британика
THJÓRSÁ RIVER — River, Iceland. Carrying meltwater from several glaciers, it flows southwest for 143 mi (230 km) to discharge into the Atlantic …
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RIVER — I Natural stream of water that flows in a channel with more or less defined banks. Rivers are a fundamental …
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SOAK — I. ˈsōk verb ( soaked ; soaked -kt ; also soak·en -kən ; soaking ; soaks ) Etymology: Middle English …
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RUN — I. ˈrən verb ( ran ˈran, ˈraa(ə)n ; or nonstandard run ; run ; running ; runs ) Etymology: Middle …
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PUDDLE — I. ˈpəd ə l noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English podel, pothel; akin to Old English …
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KAME — I. ˈkām now dialect variant of comb II. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Scots, kame, comb, from Middle English (northern …
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DAM — I. ˈdam, ˈdaa(ə)m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, lady, dam, variant of dame — more at dame : …
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THROUGH VALLEY — noun : a depression or channel eroded across a divide by glacial ice or meltwater
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SPILLWAY — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a passage (as a paved apron or channel) for surplus water over or around a dam …
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SLUICEWAY — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : an artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice ; specifically : sluice 4 …
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SAND PLAIN — noun : an outwash plain usually of rather small extent composed chiefly of sand deposited by meltwater from a glacier
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OUTWASH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: out (III) + wash (after wash out, v.) 1. a. : detritus chiefly consisting …
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NIVATION — nīˈvāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin niv-, nix snow + English -ation : erosion of rock or soil caused …
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MOULIN — (ˈ)mü|laⁿ noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, literally, mill, from Late Latin molinum — more at mill : a nearly …
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ICE CAVE — noun 1. : a cave so protected from the summer heat that ice remains in it throughout all or most …
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GLACIER — ˈglāshə(r) sometimes -āzhə- or -āshēə-, Brit usually ˈglasiə(r or -asyə- noun ( -s ) Etymology: French dialect (Savoy), from Middle …
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RIVER — any natural stream of water that flows in a channel with defined banks (ultimately from Latin ripa, bank). Modern usage …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOULIN — (French: mill), a nearly cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier's …
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KAME — moundlike hill of poorly sorted drift, mostly sand and gravel, deposited at or near the terminus of a glacier. A …
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WICKLOW — Irish Cill Mhantin seaport and county seat, County Wicklow, Ireland, south-southeast of Dublin. St. Mantan built a church there in …
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