PIEDMONT TYPE OF GLACIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Piedmont type of glacier mean? 

• PIEDMONT TYPE OF GLACIER (noun)
  The noun PIEDMONT TYPE OF 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 TYPE OF GLACIER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIEDMONT TYPE OF GLACIER (noun)

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 type of 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)