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- [muh-reyn]
- /məˈreɪn/
- /məˈreɪn/
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- [muh-reyn]
- /məˈreɪn/
Definitions of moraine word
- noun moraine a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay. 1
- noun moraine a deposit of such material left on the ground by a glacier. 1
- noun moraine A mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier, typically as ridges at its edges or extremity. 1
- noun moraine pile of rock debris 1
- noun moraine a mass of debris, carried by glaciers and forming ridges and mounds when deposited 0
- noun moraine a mound, ridge, or mass of rocks, gravel, sand, clay, etc. carried and deposited directly by a glacier, along its side (lateral moraine), at its lower end (terminal moraine), or beneath the ice (ground moraine) 0
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Origin of moraine
First appearance:
before 1780 One of the 45% newest English words
1780-90; < French < Savoyard dialect morêna rise in the ground along the lower edge of a sloping field, equivalent to mour(o) mound, accumulation of earth (< *murr- mound, elevation, apparently pre-Latin) + -ena suffix of landforms, probably of pre-Latin orig.; compare Upper Italian (Piedmont) morena heap of organic detritus, Spanish moreña heap of stones, moraine
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Parts of speech for Moraine
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preposition
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moraine popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
moraine usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for moraine
noun moraine
- rim — the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- hill — the small hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol stands.
- corrugation — a corrugating or being corrugated
- parapet — Fortification. a defensive wall or elevation, as of earth or stone, in a fortification. an elevation raised above the main wall or rampart of a permanent fortification.
- ruck — a fold or wrinkle; crease.
Antonyms for moraine
Top questions with moraine
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- what is a lateral moraine?
- what is medial moraine?
- what is a supraglacial moraine and how is it formed?
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