Synonyms for glaciers

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gley-sher

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgleɪ ʃər

Définition of glaciers

Origin : 1744, from French glacier, from Savoy dialect glacière "moving mass of ice," from Old French glace "ice," from Vulgar Latin glacia (cf. Old Provençal glassa, Italian ghiaccia), from Latin glacies (see glacial).

noun mountain of ice, snow

Example sentences :

Mountains and glaciers may bar our progress, objected Hatteras.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

Their lips are sealed; their eyes are cold as glaciers, and often they drink deep.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

A strong wind with the flavor of glaciers was blowing straight from the pole.
Extract from : « The Cold Snap » by Edward Bellamy

When the stars are out above the glaciers how serene the night is, how majestic!
Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida

Then, besides, you can actually hear the glaciers moving when you stand upon them.
Extract from : « Rollo in Switzerland » by Jacob Abbott

They determined to go and explore one of these glaciers the next day.
Extract from : « Rollo in Switzerland » by Jacob Abbott

Evaporation and condensation, woods and glaciers, have all been brought into play.
Extract from : « Canada and the Canadians » by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle

It's one mass of mountains and peaks and glaciers, and no Englishman has been through it.
Extract from : « Stories by English Authors: Orient » by Various

Yet he has done for man something like what Agassiz did for glaciers.
Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (of II) » by Charles Darwin

"The glaciers and precipices will end by giving me the nightmare," she said to him.
Extract from : « Samuel Brohl & Company » by Victor Cherbuliez

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