All 4 Uses of
glacier
in
Sycamore Row
- I'm staying at the Glacier Inn on Third Street.†
p. 476.9glacier = a large mass of ice that moves over land like an exceedingly slow river
- With Ancil unable to talk, Lucien spent the day in a rented car touring glaciers and fjords in the mountains around Juneau.†
p. 537.5 *glaciers = masses of ice that move over land like exceedingly slow rivers
- They hurriedly walked three blocks to the law office of Jared Wolkowicz, a lawyer referred by Bo Buck at the Glacier Inn bar.†
p. 549.0glacier = a large mass of ice that moves over land like an exceedingly slow river
- Because Ozzie and Prather were law enforcement officers, American was by then treating the briefcase as if it were valuable evidence and crucial to an important investigation, when in reality it was a battered old leather bag with a few notepads, some magazines, some cheap soap and matches taken from the Glacier Inn in Juneau, and one videocassette tape.†
p. 597.8
Definition:
a large mass of ice that moves over land like an exceedingly slow river
The form glacial, in addition to meaning relates to a glacier, can mean:
The form glacial, in addition to meaning relates to a glacier, can mean:
- moves very slowly (like a glacier)
- relates to a geological time period when much of the earth was covered with glaciers
- relates to ice or cold (often metaphorically) -- as in "She gave me a glacial stare."
Glaciers are thought of as moving very slowly and slow ones may move as little as a foot or two a year, but there are also fast-moving glaciers that can move as much as ninety feet per day.