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PIEDMONT GLACIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Piedmont glacier mean? 

PIEDMONT GLACIER (noun)
  The noun PIEDMONT GLACIER has 1 sense:

1. a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of iceplay

  Familiarity information: PIEDMONT GLACIER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIEDMONT GLACIER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Piedmont glacier; Piedmont type of glacier

Hypernyms ("Piedmont glacier" is a kind of...):

glacier (a slowly moving mass of ice)

Instance hyponyms:

Great Mendenhall Glacier; Mendenhall Glacier (a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska)


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