Definition of: glacier

(glā′shər) noun
A field of ice, formed in regions of perennial frost from compacted snow, which moves slowly downward over slopes or through valleys until it either melts, as in the lowlands, or breaks off in the form of icebergs on the borders of the sea. [<F <L glacies ice]
—gla′ciered adjective

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"glacier" has the frequency of use of 0.0018% on en.wikipedia.org.

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Definition of: glacier

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