glaciernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɡlæs.i.ər/us/ˈɡleɪ.si.ɚ/a large mass of ice that moves slowly
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Precipitation: snow & ice
- crevasse
- drift
- freeze
- frost
- frosty
- glacial
- glaciation
- ground frost
- hailstorm
- hoarfrost
- ice cap
- Jack Frost
- moraine
- pack ice
- permafrost
- slushy
- snow line
- snowdrift
- snowfall
- snowflake
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Examples from literature
- A glacier is like a river of ice.
- Alaska has many mountains and glaciers.
- As the weather got warmer, the glacier started to melt.
- Glaciers hold about 69 percent of the Earth’s fresh water.
- Global warming is causing glaciers to melt.
- Most glaciers move about 0.3 meters a day but can move as fast as 31 meters in one day!
- Some glaciers are so small you can walk over them in one or two hours.
- The Matanuska glacier is one of the most beautiful.
- The biggest glacier in the world, the Lambert Glacier in Antarctica, is more than 40 kilometers wide and more than 400 kilometers long!
- Then the slow-moving glaciers are going to change into fast-moving rivers again.
- There are more than 100,000 glaciers in Alaska.
- This glacier in Alaska is a river of ice.
- Ushuaia has lakes, forests, glaciers, beautiful rainbows, and the Andes Mountains.
- We have to hope that the glaciers don’t melt.
- When a glacier meets the ocean, parts of it break off.