glacier

noun
🔊/ˈɡlæsiə(r)/
🔊/ˈɡleɪʃər/
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  1. a slow-moving mass or river of ice, formed from snow on mountains or near the North Pole or South Pole冰川
    Topics Geographyb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGlacier is used after these nouns:
    • mountain
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    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, from glace ‘ice’, based on Latin glacies.