glacier
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
glacier /ˈglasɪə, ˈgleɪs-/
▶noun a slowly moving mass of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
– origin C18: from Fr., from glace ‘ice’.
'glacier' also found in these Oxford entries:
bergschrund
- calve
- crevasse
- esker
- glacis
- glance
- icefall
- meltwater
- moraine
- moulin
- névé
- outwash
- periglacial
- serac
- subglacial
