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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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As global temperatures increase, oceans expand from the heat while melting glaciers and ice sheets add even more water to the seas.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

That ice shelf had acted as a stabilizing barrier for Hektoria and neighboring glaciers.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

As polar regions continue warming and glaciers melt, the same basic pressures that shaped ancient human migration could once again influence where people are able to live.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

It showed penguins, fur seals and polar bears attempting to adapt to their ever-changing surroundings, against the backdrop of glaciers and arctic volcanoes.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Perhaps eighty years earlier, dust storms had engulfed the high plains, blackening the glaciers in the peaks above.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann