glacier table
noun
a stone slab supported over the surface of a mountain glacier by a column or columns of ice.
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Origin of glacier table
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby glacier table
glacier cream, glacier lily, glacier milk, Glacier National Park, Glacier Peak, glacier table, glaciologist, glaciology, glacis, glacis plate, Glackens
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British Dictionary definitions for glacier table
glacier table
noun
a rock sitting on a pillar of ice on top of a glacier, as a result of the ice immediately beneath the rock being protected from the heat of the sun and not melting
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