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# glacial

adjective (glacial)

«glacial» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Glacial means to do with glaciers or ice, as in «glacial valleys». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glacial/#m1)
2. Glacial means extremely cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glacial/#m2)
3. Glacial means very slow, as in «at a glacial pace». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glacial/#m3)
4. (informal) Glacial can describe someone who is very unfriendly and cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glacial/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons: glacial erosion, U-shaped glacial valleys, the Ice Age; in everyday talk and stories, a glacial wind or a glacial look; phrases: glacial valley, glacial period, glacial pace.

### Examples

- Glaciers carved this U-shaped glacial valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glacial/#x1)
- A glacial wind blew off the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glacial/#x2)
- Traffic moved at a glacial pace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glacial/#x3)
- She gave him a glacial stare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glacial/#x4)
- The lake was formed in the last glacial period. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glacial/#x5)

### Note

Say it «GLAY-shul». The noun is «glacier» (river of ice). «Glacial pace» is an idiom meaning very slow.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «glacial» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glacial/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«glacial» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/glacial.html) on Mova free.