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    GLACIER MILL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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