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PIEDMONT GLACIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Piedmont glacier mean?
• PIEDMONT GLACIER (noun)
The noun PIEDMONT GLACIER has 1 sense:
1. a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice
Familiarity information: PIEDMONT GLACIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Piedmont glacier; Piedmont type of glacier
Hypernyms ("Piedmont glacier" is a kind of...):
glacier (a slowly moving mass of ice)
Instance hyponyms:
Great Mendenhall Glacier; Mendenhall Glacier (a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska)
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