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glaciers

NOUN

mountain of ice, snow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ice floe iceberg

STRONG

berg floe icecap

WEAK

glacial mass ice field snow slide

Example Sentences

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Up here, in a starkly beautiful landscape of snowy peaks and glaciers, excavators are carving huge chunks out of the mountains to mine for copper and other minerals.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Since 1993, however, the rapid melting of glaciers and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica has become a much larger driver of the accelerating trend.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Mountain glaciers account for 27% of sea level rise since 1960, while the Greenland Ice Sheet contributes 15% and the Antarctic Ice Sheet adds another 12%.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

If the ice shelves weaken enough, they may no longer effectively slow the glaciers flowing into the ocean behind them.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

The lower valley of the glaciers behind us is white with steam: lava touches ice, down there.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin