| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | gla·cier |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  gl  sh r |
| NOUN: | A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow accumulation exceeds melting and sublimation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French, cold place, from glace, ice, from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaci s. See gel- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | glaciered —ADJECTIVE
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