: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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The 5-mile-long lake is 328 feet deep and was carved out by glaciers.
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USA Today, 11 June 2025
Migration, depopulation, melting glaciers, dying forests.
—Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
Beutel, a computer engineer specializing in mountain monitoring, had just witnessed a glacier collapse.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
Scientists had warned about the possibility of a dangerous event related to the glacier, and village residents had been evacuated days earlier—but the glacier’s near-total breakup came as a surprise.
—Jen Schwartz, Scientific American, 30 May 2025
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USA Today, 11 June 2025
Migration, depopulation, melting glaciers, dying forests.
—Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
Beutel, a computer engineer specializing in mountain monitoring, had just witnessed a glacier collapse.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
Scientists had warned about the possibility of a dangerous event related to the glacier, and village residents had been evacuated days earlier—but the glacier’s near-total breakup came as a surprise.
—Jen Schwartz, Scientific American, 30 May 2025
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“Glacier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glacier. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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glacier
noun
gla·cier
ˈglā-shər 
: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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