n.
Pronunciation: ' gl ā -sh ə r also -zh ə r, esp Brit ' gla-s ē - ə r or ' gl ā -s ē -
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French dialect (Franco-Provençal), from glace ice, from Latin glacies; akin to Latin gelu frost ― more at COLD
Date: 1744
: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface