n. A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The form in which the snow, falling on the higher parts of those mountain-ranges which are above the snow-line, finds its way down into the valleys.
n. A vessel for holding ice and cooling wine.
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n. a slowly moving mass of ice
Word Usage
"A big risk of doing that is what they call glacier dust, which can make you quite sick, almost to same effects as like food poisoning."