: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
Examples of glacier in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebAt roughly 80 miles across, Thwaites is the widest glacier in the world and roughly the size of Florida.—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 21 May 2024 And for the first time, there's visible evidence that shows warm seawater pumping underneath the glacier.—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for glacier
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Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French dialect (Franco-Provençal), from glace ice, from Latin glacies; akin to Latin gelu frost — more at cold
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