Glacier,

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glacier \Gla"cier\, n. [F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.]
     An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of
     perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or
     valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in
     Greenland.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Note: The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a
           glacier is called the firn, or n['e]v['e]; the glacier
           proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where
           broken up by irregularities in the slope or direction
           of its path. A glacier usually carries with it
           accumulations of stones and dirt called moraines, which
           are designated, according to their position, as
           lateral, medial, or terminal (see {Moraine}). The
           common rate of flow of the Alpine glaciers is from ten
           to twenty inches per day in summer, and about half that
           in winter.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     {Glacier theory} (Geol.), the theory that large parts of the
        frigid and temperate zones were covered with ice during
        the glacial, or ice, period, and that, by the agency of
        this ice, the loose materials on the earth's surface,
        called drift or diluvium, were transported and
        accumulated.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glacier
       n : a slowly moving mass of ice

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "glacier":
     Dry Ice, berg, calf, cryosphere, firn, floe, frazil, frozen water,
     glaciation, glacieret, glaze, glazed frost, granular snow,
     ground ice, growler, ice, ice banner, ice barrier, ice belt,
     ice cave, ice cubes, ice dike, ice field, ice floe, ice foot,
     ice front, ice island, ice needle, ice pack, ice pinnacle,
     ice raft, ice sheet, iceberg, icefall, icequake, icicle, jokul,
     lolly, neve, nieve penitente, pack ice, serac, shelf ice, sleet,
     slob, sludge, snow ice, snowberg
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Glacier, WA
    Zip code(s): 98244

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Glacier -- U.S. County in Montana
     Population (2000):    13247
     Housing Units (2000): 5243
     Land area (2000):     2994.717699 sq. miles (7756.282905 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    42.389528 sq. miles (109.788368 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3037.107227 sq. miles (7866.071273 sq. km)
     Located within:       Montana (MT), FIPS 30
     Location:             48.627154 N, 112.810119 W
     Headwords:
      Glacier
      Glacier, MT
      Glacier County
      Glacier County, MT
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Glacier, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
     Population (2000):    90
     Housing Units (2000): 228
     Land area (2000):     3.007073 sq. miles (7.788284 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3.007073 sq. miles (7.788284 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            26875
     Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
     Location:             48.888296 N, 121.933857 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     98244
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Glacier, WA
      Glacier