Moraine Definition

mə-rān
moraines
noun
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)
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Other Word Forms of Moraine

Noun

Singular:
moraine
Plural:
moraines

Origin of Moraine

  • From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout"), from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Compare morion.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from French dialectal morena mound of earth from Provençal morre muzzle from Vulgar Latin murrum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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