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drumlin

Syllables: drum·lin[ˈdɹʌmlɪn]

drumlin noun: an elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.

Noun

drumlin (plural drumlins)

  1. An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.

drumlin meaning in Tamil

drumlin in Tamil

அரைமுட்டை வடுவக் குன்று, முட்டை உரு பனிப்படிவு

Forms of drumlin

pluraldrumlins

Origin of drumlin

From Irish droim (“back, ridge”) + English diminutive suffix -lin (“variant of -ling”).

Questions about drumlin

What does drumlin mean?
Drumlin means an elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.
What is drumlin in Tamil?
Drumlin in Tamil is அரைமுட்டை வடுவக் குன்று, முட்டை உரு பனிப்படிவு. See Drumlin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is drumlin?
Drumlin is a noun.
How do you pronounce drumlin?
Drumlin is pronounced [ˈdɹʌmlɪn] (US).
What is the plural of drumlin?
The plural of drumlin is drumlins.

Words near drumlin in the dictionary

  1. drumkits
  2. drumless
  3. drumlier
  4. drumliest
  5. drumlike
  6. drumlin
  7. drumline
  8. drumlines
  9. drumlinoid
  10. drumlins
  11. Drumlithie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drumlin (page history and authors); drumlin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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