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MOULIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moulin mean?
• MOULIN (noun)
The noun MOULIN has 1 sense:
1. a chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation
Familiarity information: MOULIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
glacier mill; moulin
Context example:
the icy river plunged, roaring, into the moulin's blue depths
Hypernyms ("moulin" is a kind of...):
chute; slide; slideway; sloping trough (sloping channel through which things can descend)
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