glac·i·er
noun/ˈɡlæsiə(r)/
/ˈɡleɪʃər/
- a slow-moving mass or river of ice, formed from snow on mountains or near the North Pole or South Pole
enlarge image冰川 Oxford Collocations DictionaryGlacier is used after these nouns:- mountain
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, from glace ‘ice’, based on Latin glacies.