glacier
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Definition of glacier
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
“They warned that the effects of glacier melting on water resources are becoming “increasingly serious” for China.”
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noun
-
A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
“They warned that the effects of glacier melting on water resources are becoming “increasingly serious” for China.”
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An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.
“You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer.”
-
(figuratively)Something that moves very slowly
“The queue in the pharmacy was a glacier.”
name
- A locality in the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
- A census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French glacier, from Franco-Provençal gllaciér, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium, a derivative of Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin. First attested in English in 1744 per the OED.
Words you can make from glacier
117 playable · top: GRACILE (10 pts)
Best play gracile 10 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
23 words4-letter words
42 words- CAGE 7 pts
- CLAG 7 pts
- CLEG 7 pts
- CRAG 7 pts
- ACRE 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- CARE 6 pts
- CARL 6 pts
- CEIL 6 pts
- CIRE 6 pts
- CRIA 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LAIC 6 pts
- LICE 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- RICE 6 pts
- AGER 5 pts
- AREG 5 pts
- EGAL 5 pts
- GALE 5 pts
- GEAR 5 pts
- GIRL 5 pts
- GLIA 5 pts
- RAGE 5 pts
- RAGI 5 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- ARIL 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LAIR 4 pts
- LARI 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LIAR 4 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LIRA 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- RAIL 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- RIAL 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- CIG 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ARC 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CAR 5 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAL 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- LAG 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RIG 4 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
2-letter words
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