Main Entry:

gla·cier

Pronunciation:

\ˈglā-shər also -zhər, especially British ˈgla-sē-ər or ˈglā-sē-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

French, from Middle French dialect (Franco-Provençal), from glace ice, from Latin glacies; akin to Latin gelu frost — more at cold

Date:

1744

: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface