glacier
noun /ˈɡlæsiə(r)/
/ˈɡleɪʃər/
- a slow-moving mass or river of ice, formed from snow on mountains or near the North Pole or South PoleTopics Geographyb2
enlarge imageOxford Collocations DictionaryGlacier is used after these nouns:- mountain
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, from glace ‘ice’, based on Latin glacies.
