MORAINE


Meaning of MORAINE in English

-ān noun

( -s )

Etymology: French, from French dialect (Savoy) morêna

: an accumulation of earth and stones carried and finally deposited by a glacier — see end moraine , ground moraine , lateral moraine , medial moraine , push moraine , recessional moraine , terminal moraine ; compare ablation

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