kame

[ keym ]

/ keɪm /

noun Physical Geography.

a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.

Origin of kame

1860–65 for this sense; special use of Scots, N dial. kame comb (Middle English (dial.) camb, kambe,Old English camb, comb); see comb

Words nearby kame

Kamba, kambal, Kamchadal, Kamchatka, Kamchatkan, kame, kameez, Kamehameha Day, Kamehameha I, kamelaukion, Kamenev

Definition for kame (2 of 2)

kame²

[ keym ]

/ keɪm /

noun Scot.

combe.

Origin of kame

dialectal variant of comb

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Example sentences from the Web for kame

"He's all right this morning," observed Mrs. Kame, critically.
A Modern Chronicle, Complete|Winston Churchill
"It would be impossible to forget Mrs. Dallam," declared Mrs. Kame.
A Modern Chronicle, Complete|Winston Churchill
Honora, sick at heart, led Mrs. Kame across the garden and through the gate in the wall.
A Modern Chronicle, Complete|Winston Churchill
Kame terraces are hummocky embankments of stratified drift sometimes found in rugged regions along the sides of valleys.
The Elements of Geology|William Harmon Norton

Trixton Brent laughed, and Mrs. Kame, too, after a moment's hesitation.
A Modern Chronicle, Complete|Winston Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for kame

kame

/ (keɪm) /

noun

an irregular mound or ridge of gravel, sand, etc, deposited by water derived from melting glaciers

Word Origin for kame

C19: Scottish and northern English variant of comb

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Scientific definitions for kame

kame

[ kām ]

A small hill or ridge consisting of layers of sand and gravel deposited by a meltwater stream at the margin of a melting glacier.

单词	kame
释义	kame ¹ [ keym ] / keɪm / noun Physical Geography. a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet. Origin of kame ¹ 1860–65 for this sense; special use of Scots, N dial. kame comb (Middle English (dial.) camb, kambe,Old English camb, comb); see comb Words nearby kame Kamba, kambal, Kamchadal, Kamchatka, Kamchatkan, kame, kameez, Kamehameha Day, Kamehameha I, kamelaukion, Kamenev Definition for kame (2 of 2) kame² [ keym ] / keɪm / noun Scot. combe. Origin of kame ² dialectal variant of comb Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for kame "He's all right this morning," observed Mrs. Kame, critically. A Modern Chronicle, Complete\|Winston Churchill "It would be impossible to forget Mrs. Dallam," declared Mrs. Kame. A Modern Chronicle, Complete\|Winston Churchill Honora, sick at heart, led Mrs. Kame across the garden and through the gate in the wall. A Modern Chronicle, Complete\|Winston Churchill Kame terraces are hummocky embankments of stratified drift sometimes found in rugged regions along the sides of valleys. The Elements of Geology\|William Harmon Norton Trixton Brent laughed, and Mrs. Kame, too, after a moment's hesitation. A Modern Chronicle, Complete\|Winston Churchill British Dictionary definitions for kame kame / (keɪm) / noun an irregular mound or ridge of gravel, sand, etc, deposited by water derived from melting glaciers Word Origin for kame C19: Scottish and northern English variant of comb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for kame kame [ kām ] A small hill or ridge consisting of layers of sand and gravel deposited by a meltwater stream at the margin of a melting glacier. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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