glacier

UK /ˈɡlæs.jə/ US /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/

noun 3name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

contiguous, greater, largest, lost, main, melting, moving, south

VERB + GLACIER

calving, cores, effects, indicate, joins, seen, showed, ski

GLACIER + NOUN

climate, mass, water

PREP.

down, from, from, in, in, on, on

ADV.

ever, nearly, slowly

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.

An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.

You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer.

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.

They warned that the effects of glacier melting on water resources are becoming “increasingly serious” for China.

Wiktionary

You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer.

Wiktionary

The queue in the pharmacy was a glacier.

Wiktionary

The glacier moves but by inches.

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The glacier moves slowly.

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The water comes straight from the glacier.

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