: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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Officials blamed unseasonably fast-melting glaciers in several Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts for the coming floods.
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Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
In the afternoon, another zodiac takes you for an hour-long cruise around glaciers and alongside porpoising chinstrap penguins.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
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Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
In the afternoon, another zodiac takes you for an hour-long cruise around glaciers and alongside porpoising chinstrap penguins.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Glacier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glacier. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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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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