ALPINE TYPE OF GLACIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alpine type of glacier mean? 

• ALPINE TYPE OF GLACIER (noun)
  The noun ALPINE TYPE OF GLACIER has 1 sense:

1. a glacier that moves down from a high valley

  Familiarity information: ALPINE TYPE OF GLACIER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALPINE TYPE OF GLACIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A glacier that moves down from a high valley

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Alpine glacier; Alpine type of glacier

Hypernyms ("Alpine type of glacier" is a kind of...):

glacier (a slowly moving mass of ice)