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ALL meanings of moraine

mo·raine
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  • 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 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 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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