glacier

name

1. A locality in the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
2. A census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French glacier, from Franco-Provençal gllaciér, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium, a derivative of Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin. First attested in English in 1744 per the OED.

1. A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

   “They warned that the effects of glacier melting on water resources are becoming “increasingly serious” for China.”

2. An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.

   “You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer.”

3. Something that moves very slowly

   “The queue in the pharmacy was a glacier.”