Synonyms for glacier

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gley-sher

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgleɪ ʃər

Définition of glacier

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 :

To me the most surprising was the Ice-Festival on the great skating-pool on the Kenia glacier.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

Lavinia was a glacier, moving majestically and freezing as it moved.
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

And see the glisten of that glacier in the haze, like a star in the veil of a bride!
Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper

When we had rounded this point we came face to face with a glacier.
Extract from : « Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska » by Charles Warren Stoddard

"If we leave here the glacier will cover the caves and fill them with ice," he said.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

The glacier this cabin is built on supplies most of the water for it.
Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman

To Cordova tonight, and to a camp out on a glacier tomorrow.
Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman

Can we go up the glacier for another mile,” said Dale, “and then cross?
Extract from : « The Crystal Hunters » by George Manville Fenn

This proved to be very different to the glacier they had first examined.
Extract from : « The Crystal Hunters » by George Manville Fenn

This was done; and then the question arose—whereabouts on the glacier were they?
Extract from : « The Crystal Hunters » by George Manville Fenn

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