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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"These landscapes are changing fast, and arctic and alpine glaciers might be some of the first habitats lost completely to climate change," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

All further melting between now and October will see the size of glaciers in the Swiss Alps shrink.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

But, said Huss, "one heatwave alone is not a big problem for glaciers".

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

Global warming means that the smaller, low altitude glaciers they relied on to water their crops have disappeared.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

And what effect did all this might have on Alaska’s glaciers?

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson