sérac
noun
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
séracs
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pluralof sérac.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In an instant the whole line of séracs toppled from their bases and thundered down upon him.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 by Various
There would be too many parties abroad amongst its ice séracs on these days of summer for any deed which needed solitude and secrecy.
From Running Water by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
Faced by an apparently unscalable rock wall, or lost in a wilderness of séracs, he would never guess the one way that led to success.
From The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy
Upwards, past yawning séracs, towering bergschrunds, slippery crevasses, gaping arêtes, I made my way.
From Above the Snow Line by Clinton Thomas Dent
Crevassed, broken, a wilderness of towering séracs, it had the look of a sea in a gale whose breakers had been frozen in the very act of over toppling.
From Running Water by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
