HyperDic: moulin

English > 1 sense of the word moulin:
NOUNartifactmoulin, glacier milla chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation
moulin > pronunciation
Soundsmuwlae'n
Rhymesafghan / Afghan ... Yucatan: 118 rhymes with aen...
English > moulin: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA 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"
Synonymglacier mill
Broaderchute, slide, slideway, sloping troughsloping channel through which things can descend

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