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roche moutonnée

UK/ɹɒʃ muːˈtɒneɪ/

roche moutonnée noun: a rock formation created by glacial erosion.

roche moutonnée: a rock formation created by glacial erosion
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Noun

roche moutonnée (plural roches moutonnées)

  1. A rock formation created by glacial erosion.
    • Some are obviously roches moutonnées, polished and shaped by the ice-sheet that covered this whole landscape during the last million years of the Pleistocene ice age – a geological yesterday compared with the formation of the Alpine chain itself.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 100

Synonyms of roche moutonnée

Forms of roche moutonnée

pluralroches moutonnées

Origin of roche moutonnée

From French roche moutonnée, from roche (“rock”) + moutonnée (“wavy”).

Questions about roche moutonnée

What does roche moutonnée mean?
Roche moutonnée means a rock formation created by glacial erosion.
What part of speech is roche moutonnée?
Roche moutonnée is a noun.
How do you pronounce roche moutonnée?
Roche moutonnée is pronounced /ɹɒʃ muːˈtɒneɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of roche moutonnée?
The plural of roche moutonnée is roches moutonnées.

Words near roche moutonnée in the dictionary

  1. roche
  2. Roche limit
  3. Roche limits
  4. Roche lobe
  5. Roche lobes
  6. roche moutonnée
  7. Roche radii
  8. Roche radius
  9. Roche sphere
  10. Roche spheres
  11. Rochechouart

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