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Glacial synonyms
glā'shəl
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icy
Containing or covered with ice:
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  1. Containing or covered with ice:
  2. Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
  3. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
frozen
Rendered immobile:
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  1. Rendered immobile:
  2. Preserved by freezing:
  3. Having heavy frosts and extreme cold
polar
Relating to a molecule or substance that has polar bonds.
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  1. Relating to a molecule or substance that has polar bonds.
  2. Ionizing when dissolved or fused:
  3. (--- Chemistry) Relating to or characterized by a dipole:
cool
Tending to reduce discomfort in warm or hot weather
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  1. Tending to reduce discomfort in warm or hot weather
  2. Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold:
  3. Marked by calm self-control:
unfriendly
Not friendly.
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  1. Not friendly.
  2. Antagonistic or hostile:
  3. Not friendly or kind
antagonistic
Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
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  1. Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
  2. Showing antagonism; acting in opposition
arctic
Of, characteristic of, or near the North Pole or the region around it
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  1. Of, characteristic of, or near the North Pole or the region around it
  2. Extremely cold; frigid.
  3. Being extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic.
boreal
Relating to the north or to northern areas.
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  1. Relating to the north or to northern areas.
  2. Of or pertaining to the northern zone of plant and animal life including the taiga and tundra
  3. Relating to the forest areas of the Northern Temperate Zone that are dominated by coniferous trees such as spruce, fir, and pine.
freezing
(Literally) Suffering or causing frost
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  1. (Literally) Suffering or causing frost
  2. (By extension, chiefly hyperbolic) Very cold
frigid
Stiff and formal in manner:
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  1. Stiff and formal in manner:
  2. Extremely cold; without heat or warmth
  3. Extremely cold.
frosty
Cold in manner or feeling; austere; unfriendly
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  1. Cold in manner or feeling; austere; unfriendly
  2. Covered with frost:
  3. Producing or characterized by frost; freezing.
gelid
Extremely cold; frozen
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  1. Extremely cold; frozen
  2. Very cold; icy:
icy
Containing or covered with ice:
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  1. Containing or covered with ice:
  2. Cold in manner or attitude; unfriendly
  3. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
polar
Measured from or referred to a pole:
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  1. Measured from or referred to a pole:
  2. Ionizing when dissolved or fused:
  3. (--- Chemistry) Relating to or characterized by a dipole:
wintry
Of or like winter; cold, bleak, etc.
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  1. Of or like winter; cold, bleak, etc.
  2. Suggestive of winter, as in cheerlessness or coldness:
  3. Belonging to or characteristic of winter; cold.
frore
(Archaic) Extremely cold; frozen
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  1. (Archaic) Extremely cold; frozen
cold
Having a low temperature:
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  1. Having a low temperature:
  2. So intense as to be almost uncontrollable:
  3. Dead:
frigid
Lacking warmth of feeling.
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  1. Lacking warmth of feeling.
  2. Extremely cold; without heat or warmth
  3. Extremely cold.
frosty
Producing frost or cold enough to produce frost; freezing
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  1. Producing frost or cold enough to produce frost; freezing
  2. Covered with frost:
  3. Cold in manner or feeling; austere; unfriendly
icy
Bitterly cold; freezing:
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  1. Bitterly cold; freezing:
  2. Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
  3. Very cold; frigid
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Sentence Examples

  • by preglacial valleys filled with glacial drift.

  • The " northern soils," which are glacial deposits more or less redistributed by water, are much less fertile as a rule, and consist of all possible varieties from a tough boulder clay to loose sand.

  • During the height of the glacial period the ice must have crossed the islands from E.

  • Slates and fine-grained sandstones appear here freely through the glacial drift.

  • Across it, at its head, are the glacial passes which lead to the foot of the Baroghil.

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