drumlin

drum·lin

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [druhm-lin]
- /ˈdrʌm lɪn/
- /drˈʌmlɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [druhm-lin]
- /ˈdrʌm lɪn/

Definitions of drumlin word

noun drumlin a long, narrow or oval, smoothly rounded hill of unstratified glacial drift. 1
noun drumlin A low oval mound or small hill, typically one of a group, consisting of compacted boulder clay molded by past glacial action. 1
noun drumlin a streamlined mound of glacial drift, rounded or elongated in the direction of the original flow of ice 0
noun drumlin any one of a series of low, flattened, oval mounds or hills formed by an advancing glacier 0
noun drumlin (geography) An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift. 0

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Origin of drumlin

First appearance:

before 1825

One of the 37% newest English words

1825-35; drum2 + -lin, variant of -ling1

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Parts of speech for Drumlin

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drumlin popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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