GLACIER


Meaning of GLACIER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈglā-shər also ]

-zhər, especially Brit ˈgla-sē-ər or ˈglā-sē- 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

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