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Word: Moraine
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: from French, from Italian dialect morena, from French dialect morre ‘snout’; related to morion
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
məˈreɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier, typically as ridges at its edges or extremity.
Short Definition:mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by glacier
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