glacier
UK/ˈɡlæs.jə//ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/
glacier noun: a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
Noun
glacier (plural glaciers)
- A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
- They warned that the effects of glacier melting on water resources are becoming “increasingly serious” for China.
- An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.
- You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer.
- Something that moves very slowly
- The queue in the pharmacy was a glacier.
Proper noun capitalized: Glacier
Glacier
- A locality in the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
- A census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
glacier meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
glacier in Hindi
- a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
- हिमानी himānī, हिमनदी himandī
glacier in Tamil
- a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
- பனியாறு paṉiyāṟu
glacier in Marathi
- हिमनदी, ग्लेशियर
glacier in Urdu
- a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
- گِلیشِیَر gileśiyar
More languagesFewer languages
- glacier in Bengali
- হিমবাহ himbaho
- glacier in Telugu
- హిమానీనదం, గ్లేసియర్
- glacier in Malayalam
- ഹിമപ്പരപ്പ് himapparappŭ
- glacier in Kannada
- ನೀರ್ಗಲ್ಲ ಹೊಳೆ, ಮಂಜುಗಡ್ಡೆ ಹೊಳೆ, ಹಿಮನದಿ
- glacier in Punjabi
- ਗਲੇਸ਼ੀਅਰ, ਗਲੇਸ਼ਿਅਰ
- glacier in Gujarati
- હિમનદી himandī
- glacier in Odia
- ଗ୍ଲେସିଯ଼ର, ହିମବାହ, ଗ୍ଲେସିଯ଼ର୍
- glacier in Nepali
- हिमनदी himanadī
- glacier in Tagalog
- glasyar
- glacier in Arabic
- مَثْلَجَة maṯlaja, مَجْلَدَة majlada
- glacier in Malay
- glasier, sungai air batu
- glacier in Indonesian
- gletser, sungai es
- glacier in Thai
- ธารน้ำแข็ง taan-nám-kɛ̌ng
- glacier in Vietnamese
- sông băng
- glacier in Myanmar
- ရေခဲမြစ် rehkai:mrac
- Sindhi
- برفال brfāl
Examples of glacier in a sentence
- Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.
- The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.
- The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched.
Forms of glacier
| plural | glaciers |
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Origin of glacier
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.
Words formed from glacier
- 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
- namakier
- palaeoglacier
- paleoglacier
- rock glacier
- Ruth Glacier
- salt glacier
- Siachen Glacier
- snowdrift glacier
- Thwaites Glacier
Phrases with glacier
Questions about glacier
- What does glacier mean?
- Glacier means a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
- What is glacier in Hindi?
- Glacier in Hindi is हिमानी (himānī), हिमनदी (himandī). See Glacier meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is glacier?
- Glacier can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce glacier?
- Glacier is pronounced /ˈɡlæs.jə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of glacier?
- The plural of glacier is glaciers.
Words near glacier in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glacier (page history and authors); Glacier (page history and authors); glacier (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glacier (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glacier (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glacier (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); હિમનદી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); glacier (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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