/ ˈeskə(r); NAmE / noun
( geology ) a long narrow area of small stones and earth that has been left by a large mass of ice that has melted
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from Irish eiscir .
/ ˈeskə(r); NAmE / noun
( geology ) a long narrow area of small stones and earth that has been left by a large mass of ice that has melted
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from Irish eiscir .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005