English Explanatory Dictionary

glacier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
  2. An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.
  3. Something that moves very slowly
name
  1. A locality in the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. A census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡlæs.jə/ /ˈɡleɪs.jə/ /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/ /ˈɡleɪs.jɚ/ en-us-glacier.ogg

Word forms

glacier glaciers

Etymology

Borrowed from French glacier, from Franco-Provençal gllaciér, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium, a derivative of Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin. First attested in English in 1744 per the OED.

Related words

glacial glaciate glaciology iceberg

Derived words

continental glacier Doomsday Glacier glaciation glacier bird glacier buttercup Glacier County glacier cream glaciered Glaciergate glacier glasses glacierist glacierization glacierized glacierless glacierlike glacier lily glacier milk glacier mouse Hubbard Glacier palaeoglacier paleoglacier rock glacier Ruth Glacier salt glacier Siachen Glacier snowdrift glacier Thwaites Glacier
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