pingo

[ ping-goh ]

/ ˈpɪŋ goʊ /

noun, plural pin·gos.Geology.

a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.

a hill of similar origin remaining after the melting of permafrost.

Origin of pingo

First recorded in 1925–30, pingo is from the Inuit word pinguq

Words nearby pingo

pinfish, pinfold, ping, pinger, Ping Hsin, pingo, ping-pong, pinguecula, pinguid, pinhead, pinheaded

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Example sentences from the Web for pingo

There was a picture of a beautiful lady using Pingo, her face expressing rapture.
If Winter Don't|Barry Pain
But the man of course did not move or stand up with his pingo.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon|J. Emerson Tennent

British Dictionary definitions for pingo

pingo

/ (ˈpɪŋɡəʊ) /

noun plural -gos

a mound of earth or gravel formed through pressure from a layer of water trapped between newly frozen ice and underlying permafrost in Arctic regions

Word Origin for pingo

C20: from Inuktitut

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Scientific definitions for pingo

pingo

[ pĭng′gō ]

Plural pingos pingoes

A large mound or dome of ice covered with soil. Pingos are about 30 to 50 m (98 to 164 ft) high and up to 400 m (1,312 ft) in diameter and are found in Arctic regions. They are believed to form in basins (such as drained lake beds) as a result of the freezing and upward expansion of water held in subsurface soil, which initiates the doming, as well as by the rising and freezing of water trapped beneath or within the permafrost, as a result of hydrostatic pressure.

单词	pingo
释义	pingo [ ping-goh ] / ˈpɪŋ goʊ / noun, plural pin·gos.Geology. a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost. a hill of similar origin remaining after the melting of permafrost. Origin of pingo First recorded in 1925–30, pingo is from the Inuit word pinguq Words nearby pingo pinfish, pinfold, ping, pinger, Ping Hsin, pingo, ping-pong, pinguecula, pinguid, pinhead, pinheaded Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pingo There was a picture of a beautiful lady using Pingo, her face expressing rapture. If Winter Don't\|Barry Pain But the man of course did not move or stand up with his pingo. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon\|J. Emerson Tennent British Dictionary definitions for pingo pingo / (ˈpɪŋɡəʊ) / noun plural -gos a mound of earth or gravel formed through pressure from a layer of water trapped between newly frozen ice and underlying permafrost in Arctic regions Word Origin for pingo C20: from Inuktitut 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 pingo pingo [ pĭng′gō ] Plural pingos pingoes A large mound or dome of ice covered with soil. Pingos are about 30 to 50 m (98 to 164 ft) high and up to 400 m (1,312 ft) in diameter and are found in Arctic regions. They are believed to form in basins (such as drained lake beds) as a result of the freezing and upward expansion of water held in subsurface soil, which initiates the doming, as well as by the rising and freezing of water trapped beneath or within the permafrost, as a result of hydrostatic pressure. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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