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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gla•cier /ˈgleɪʃɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geologyan extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and gathering over the years and moving very slowly downward or outward.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gla•cier (glā′shər),USA pronunciation n. - Geologyan extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- Late Latin glacia (for Latin glaciēs)
- dialect, dialectal French, derivative of Old French glace ice
- 1735–45
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