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    PIEDMONT GLACIER

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of iceplay

    Synonyms:

    Piedmont glacier; Piedmont type of glacier

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("Piedmont glacier" is a kind of...):

    glacier (a slowly moving mass of ice)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Great Mendenhall Glacier; Mendenhall Glacier (a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska)

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