glacial
About 3.17 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Of, or relating to glaciers.
We examined the glacial deposits.
- adjective Very slow.
- adjective Cold and icy.
After the rain and frost, the pavements were glacial.
- adjective Having the appearance of ice.
On cold days, glacial acetic acid will freeze in the bottle.
- adjective Cool and unfriendly.
He gave me a glacial stare.
- noun A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age).
Similar words
wintry frozen icy freezing gelid frosty frigid cold polar arctic
Often followed by
acetic period deposits and drift epoch ice lake erosion till
Word family
Glacial glacially
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