Synonyms for
Glacier
Definition
a large mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain or over land
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- calving glacier
- retreating glacier
- advancing glacier
- alpine glacier
- ice flow
- glacial ice
- mountain glacier
Word family
Usage note
A glacier is a large, persistent body of ice that moves slowly downhill or outward under its own weight. It is distinct from a frozen body of water like a lake or river.
Example sentences
- The glacier is melting due to global warming.
- The glacier carved out the valley thousands of years ago.
- The glacier is a popular tourist attraction.
- The glacier is over 500 feet thick.
- The glacier moves at a rate of about one inch per day.
Quotes
The glacier was God's great plow set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth. - Louis Agassiz
The glacier knocks in the cupboard, / The desert sighs in the bed, / And the crack in the tea-cup opens / A lane to the land of the dead. - W. H. Auden
The glacier was God's bulldozer. - Richard Paul Evans