: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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The surrounding limestone peaks of the Canadian Rockies scrape the sky, tempered in their reach by glaciers capping their lofty ambitions.
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Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
With a five-day weather window, the Alaskan soloist opted to take a 19-hour nap at his first glacier bivy on Slovak Direct.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 5 Oct. 2025
The men dropped onto Sulztalferner glacier in Tyrol’s Ötztal Valley and were said to have buried their parachutes in the snow before pressing on.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Scientists unearthed the bones at the Lago Colhué Huapi rock formation in Patagonia, a region known for its glaciers, mountains and wildlife.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
With a five-day weather window, the Alaskan soloist opted to take a 19-hour nap at his first glacier bivy on Slovak Direct.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 5 Oct. 2025
The men dropped onto Sulztalferner glacier in Tyrol’s Ötztal Valley and were said to have buried their parachutes in the snow before pressing on.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Scientists unearthed the bones at the Lago Colhué Huapi rock formation in Patagonia, a region known for its glaciers, mountains and wildlife.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Glacier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glacier. Accessed 10 Oct. 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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