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moraine

Best crossword clue

"Glacier debris ridge"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /məˈɹeɪn/Part of speech nounSorted aeimnorStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier

Word origin

From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Compare morion.

Used in a sentence

  • Moraines that originate along the lateral margins of an ice stream are naturally called lateral moraines. Many lateral moraines perch high on the walls of glaciated valleys.

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