Main Entry: gla·cier

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

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from Middle French dial. (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