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All moraine synonyms

mo·raine
M m

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.
  • spine — the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
  • backbone — Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
  • poleReginald, 1500–58, English cardinal and last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury.
  • crease — Creases are lines that are made in cloth or paper when it is crushed or folded.
  • fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
  • range — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
  • seam — the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
  • crinkle — If something crinkles or if you crinkle it, it becomes slightly creased or folded.
  • plica — Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
  • wrinkle — an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
  • rib — one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
  • furrow — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
  • hogback — a long, sharply crested ridge, generally formed of steeply inclined strata that are especially resistant to erosion.
  • chine — the backbone
  • upland — a city in S California.
  • debris — Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around.
  • rubble — broken bits and pieces of anything, as that which is demolished: Bombing reduced the town to rubble.
  • residue — something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.
  • lateral moraine — a moraine formed at the side of a glacier.
  • terminal moraine — a moraine marking the farthest advance of a glacier or ice sheet.
  • elevation — The action or fact of elevating or being elevated.
  • esker — A long ridge of gravel and other sediment, typically having a winding course, deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier or ice sheet.
  • rimple — a wrinkle.
  • rivel — a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
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