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moraine

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mo=raine

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun moraine has 1 sense

moraine(n = noun.object) Array - accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier; Array

is a part of

glacier

is a kind of earth, ground

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CIDE DICTIONARY

moraine, n. [F. Cf. Prov. G. mur stones broken off, It. mora a heap of stones, hillock, G. mÜrbe soft, broken up, OHG. muruwi, AS. mearu tender, Gr. to cause to wither, Skr. mlā to relax.].

An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier. Lyell. [1913 Webster]

" If the moraine is at the extremity of the glacier it is a terminal moraine; if at the side, a lateral moraine; if parallel to the side on the central portion of the glacier, a medial moraine. See Illust. of Glacier. In the last case it is formed by the union of the lateral moraines of the branches of the glacier. A ground moraine is one beneath the mass of ice." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

moraine, n. an area covered by rocks and debris carried down and deposited by a glacier.

Derivative

morainal adj. morainic adj.

Etymology

F f. It. dial. morena f. F dial. mor(re) snout f. Rmc

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