glacial polish
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.34 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Tenaya Lake was at one time under as much as 2,460 feet of glacial ice that produced a pressure of about 74 tons per square foot and extensive glacial polish (fig. 18)."
- "Glacial polish on lee surfaces may reflect this sorting."
- "However, in Canada and Northern Europe—where they are known collectively as "shields"—the basement formations stretch out in the lowlands, smoothed by glacial polish."