NOUN | artifact | moulin, glacier mill | a chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation |
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Sounds | muwlae'n | |
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Rhymes | afghan / Afghan ... Yucatan: 118 rhymes with aen... |
Meaning | A chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation. | |
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Example | "the icy river plunged, roaring, into the moulin's blue depths" | |
Synonym | glacier mill | |
Broader | chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough | sloping channel through which things can descend |
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