glacial
Of, or relating to glaciers.
Example
“We examined the glacial deposits.”
Other meanings
Having the appearance of ice.
“On cold days, glacial acetic acid will freeze in the bottle.”
Cool and unfriendly.
“He gave me a glacial stare.”
Related words
- deglacial
- equiglacial
- fluvioglacial
- glacial acetic acid
- glacial acid
- glacial buzz saw
- glacial drift
- glacial erratic
- glacial flour
- glacial humour
- glacialism
- glacialist
Word history
From Latin "glaciālis".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “glacial” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.