: a short ridge, hill, or mound of stratified drift deposited by glacial meltwater
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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 The topography includes sandy knolls formed by melting Ice Age glaciers known as kames.—
Kristan Schiller,
chicagotribune.com,
19 Sep. 2019
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Etymology
Scots, kame, comb, from Middle English (northern) camb comb, from Old English