Glacier synonyms
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glacial mass
A massive body of floating ice that has broken away from a glacier or ice field. Most of an iceberg lies underwater, but because ice is not as dense as water, about one ninth of it remains above the surface.
ice-field
A large expanse of ice covering a mountainous region and consisting of several interconnected glaciers.
icecap
An extensive dome-shaped or platelike perennial cover of ice and snow that spreads out from a center and covers a large area, especially of land or a polar region.
snow slide
ice stream
ice torrent
glacial table
névé
firn
The granular snow, not in a completely compacted mass, that accumulates at the top of a glacier
sérac
mer de glace (French)
ice-floe
A large, flat expanse of floating ice smaller than a marine ice field.
ice-sheet
A large sheet of ice and snow that covers an entire region and spreads out under its own weight.
Find another word for glacier. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for glacier, like: floe, berg, glacial mass, iceberg, ice-field, icecap, snow slide, ice stream, ice torrent, glacial table and névé.