ROCK GLACIER

Meaning of ROCK GLACIER in English

a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.

[ 1900-05 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

ROCK GLACIER — Tonguelike body of coarse rock fragments, found above the timberline on mountains, that moves slowly down a valley. The rock …
Английский словарь Британика
ROCK GLACIER — noun : a rock stream having the general appearance of a valley glacier
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROCK GLACIER — tonguelike body of coarse rock fragments, found in high mountains above the timberline, that moves slowly down a valley. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROCK GLACIER — Tonguelike body of coarse rock fragments, found above the timberline on mountains, that moves slowly down a valley. The rock …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GLACIER — glaciero, rivere glacial
English interlingue dictionary
GLACIER — noun see: cold Date: 1744 a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROCK — I In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of mineral s. The three major classes of rock sedimentary , …
Английский словарь Британика
GLACIER — I Large mass of perennial ice that forms on land through the recrystallization of snow and that moves forward under …
Английский словарь Британика
ROCK — I. ˈräk verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English rokken, from Old English roccian; akin to Old High German rucken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLACIER — ˈglāshə(r) sometimes -āzhə- or -āshēə-, Brit usually ˈglasiə(r or -asyə- noun ( -s ) Etymology: French dialect (Savoy), from Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLACIER — (n.) An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a …
Английский словарь Webster
GLACIER — ( n. ) An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROCK
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GLACIER — — glaciered , adj. /glay"sheuhr/ , n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GLACIER — adj. of an glacier, like a glacier
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GLACIER — n. very large mass of ice formed through the gradual accumulation of snow in high cold regions
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ROCK — I. ˈräk verb Etymology: Middle English rokken, from Old English roccian; akin to Old High German rucken to cause to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GLACIER — -zhər, especially Brit ˈgla-sē-ər or ˈglā-sē- noun Etymology: French, from Middle French dialect (Franco-Provençal), from glace ice, from Latin glacies; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROCK — noun ·see roc. 2. rock ·noun the striped bass. ·see under bass. 3. rock ·noun that which resembles a rock …
Webster English vocab
GLACIER — noun an immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a …
Webster English vocab
GLACIER — [ 'glasɪə , 'gleɪs- ] ■ noun a slowly moving mass of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ROCK — [rock] vb [ME rokken, fr. OE roccian; akin to OHG rucken to cause to move] vt (12c) 1 a: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GLACIER — [gla.cier] n [F dial., fr. MF dial., fr. MF glace ice, fr. L glacies; akin to L gelu frost--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROCK
Britannica English vocabulary
GLACIER — any large mass of perennial ice that originates on land by the recrystallization of snow or other forms of solid …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROCK — rock, Rock BrE AmE rɒk AmE rɑːk ▷ rocked rɒkt AmE rɑːkt ▷ rocking ˈrɒk ɪŋ AmE ˈrɑːk ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GLACIER — glacier BrE AmE ˈɡlæs i‿ə ˈɡleɪs- AmE \ ˈɡleɪʃ ə r (*) ▷ glacier|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROCK — / rɒk; NAmE rɑːk/ noun , verb ■ noun HARD MATERIAL 1. [ U , C ] the hard solid …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GLACIER — / ˈglæsiə(r); NAmE ˈgleɪʃər/ noun a large mass of ice, formed by snow on mountains, that moves very slowly down …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROCK
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GLACIER — gla ‧ ci ‧ er /ˈɡlæsiə $ ˈɡleɪʃər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROCK — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. move gently to and fro in or as if in a cradle; set or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROCK — n. 1 a the hard material of the earth's crust, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil. b a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GLACIER — n. a mass of land ice formed by the accumulation of snow on high ground. [F f. glace ice ult. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROCK — v. & n. v. 1 tr. move gently to and fro in or as if in a cradle; set or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROCK — n. 1 a the hard material of the earth's crust, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil. b a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROCK — 1. n.1 a the hard material of the earth's crust, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil. b a …
Oxford English vocab
ROCK — ( rocks, rocking, rocked) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Rock is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GLACIER — ( glaciers) A glacier is an extremely large mass of ice which moves very slowly, often down a mountain valley. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROCK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boat rocks (= moves from side to side in the water ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GLACIER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But the Kangshung glacier , too, was deserted. ▪ I tried to count all the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROCK — n. phosphate rock Ayers Rock crystalline rock Dome of the Rock extrusive rock felsic rock Hudson Rock igneous rock intrusive …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GLACIER — n. Glacier Bay Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Glacier National Park Mendenhall Glacier rock glacier
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GLACIER — n. Large mass of perennial ice that forms on land through the recrystallization of snow and that moves forward under …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ROCK — I. noun 1 hard, stony part of the earth ADJECTIVE ▪ hard , solid ▪ Solid ~ is broken down …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GLACIER — noun Glacier is used after these nouns: ↑ mountain
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ROCK — n [ U ] 1. ( also rock music ) a type of modern popular music with a strong beat, …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
GLACIER — is a multi-year accumulation of snowfall in excess of snow melt on land, resulting in a mass of ice covering …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
ROCK — I сущ. 1) а) скала, утес jagged, rugged rocks ≈ острые скалы, скалистый утес solid as a rock ≈ непреклонен …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GLACIER — сущ. глетчер, ледник ледник, глетчер - * bear белый медведь glacier ледник, глетчер
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GLACIER — glacier.ogg ʹglæsıə n ледник, глетчер glacier bear = blue bear
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ROCK — 1) (горная) порода 2) скальная порода; скальный грунт 3) камень • - abrasive rock - acidic rock - adjoining rock …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GLACIER — ледник - calving glacier - inlet glacier - outlet glacier
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
ROCK — 1) (горная) порода 2) скальная порода; скальный грунт 3) камень • - abrasive rock - acidic rock - adjoining rock - alkaline rock - asphalt rock - barren rock - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
GLACIER — ледник - calving glacier - inlet glacier - outlet glacier
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
ROCK — 1) горнокаменный 2) камень 3) качать 4) качаться 5) колыхатся 6) порода 7) скальный грунт • air-leg rock drill — колонковая бурильная машина disintegration of broken rock — развал …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GLACIER — геогр. глетчер, ледник - arctic glacier - continental glacier - cornice glacier - mud glacier - surging glacier
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
ROCK — _I rɒk n 1. скала, утёс the boat was wrecked on a rock - лодка разбилась о скалу as firm …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GLACIER — n ледник, глетчер glacier bear = blue bear
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ROCK — I сущ. 1) а) скала, утес jagged, rugged rocks — острые скалы, скалистый утес solid as a rock — непреклонен …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ROCK — I сущ. 1) а) скала, утес jagged, rugged rocks — острые скалы, скалистый утес solid as a rock — непреклонен как скала б) (с определенным …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ROCK — 1) горная порода 2) скала, скалистый грунт 3) камень 4) качать(ся) • - abrasive rock - argillaceous rock - asphalt rock - barren rock - base rock - broken rock - …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
ROCK — горная порода; скальная порода to rock up — повышать давление в скважине путём её закрытия; to rock the well — забрасывать скважину …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
ROCK — 1) горная порода, скальный грунт 2) кусок горной породы - acidic rock - cavernous rock - compacted rock - dense …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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