kame

noun

ˈkām 

: a short ridge, hill, or mound of stratified drift deposited by glacial meltwater

Examples of kame in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The topography includes sandy knolls formed by melting Ice Age glaciers known as kames. — Kristan Schiller, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019

Continue the tour-de-kames at Pike Lake, where an observation tower offers terrific views of the lake and the surrounding forest from the top of 1,350-foot Powder Hill (also a kame). — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2021

Word History

Etymology

Scots, kame, comb, from Middle English (northern) camb comb, from Old English

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

kame

noun

ˈkām 

: a short ridge or mound of material deposited by water from a melting glacier