glacier

Meaning

1. A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
2. An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡlæs.jə/

Etymology

Borrowed from French glacier, from Franco-Provençal gllaciér, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium, a derivative of Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin. First attested in English in 1744 per the OED.

Sentences

Anyone planning to travel on a glacier should be trained in crevasse rescue .