Plural of glacier
regular plural
The plural of glacier is glaciers.
Forms of glacier
| Singular | glacier /ˈɡlæs.jə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | glaciers |
| Countable | countable |
Glaciers in a sentence
- I thought they were joking at first, but it seemed they were genuinely interested in the talk about glaciers.From the entry genuinely
- “We need to take these glaciers seriously without sounding like Chicken Little,” Joughin said in an email.2022 February 2, Ian Joughin, quotee, “Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ keeps scientists at bay with iceberg and sea ice”, in The Guardian. From the entry Chicken Little
- Third Pole glaciers are critical to billions of people from Vietnam to Afghanistan.2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns. From the entry critical
- Fiords with tidewater glaciers also contain glacial ice.2019, J. N. Moum, W. D. Smyth, “Upper Ocean Mixing”, in J. Kirk Cochran, Henry J. Bokuniewicz, Patricia L. Yager, editors, Encyclopedia of…. From the entry fjord
- Scientists say it is one of the world’s fastest-melting glaciers.2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns. From the entry fastest
Meaning of glacier
- noun A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
- noun An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.
- noun Something that moves very slowly.
Questions about the plural of glacier
- What is the plural of glacier?
- The plural of glacier is glaciers.
- Is glacier countable?
- Glacier is a countable noun.
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