GLACIER MILL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation

Example:

the icy river plunged, roaring, into the moulin's blue depths

Synonyms:

glacier mill; moulin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("glacier mill" is a kind of...):

chute; slide; slideway; sloping trough (sloping channel through which things can descend)

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