Piedmont glacier

/ˌpidˈmɑnt ˌgleɪʃər/
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Other forms: Piedmont glaciers

Definitions of Piedmont glacier
  1. noun
    a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice
    synonyms: Piedmont type of glacier
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    examples:
    Great Mendenhall Glacier
    a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska
    type of:
    glacier
    a slowly moving mass of ice
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