nunatak
/ˈnʌn.ə.tæk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet.
Example Sentences
- "We made for a slope close to the end of the island or nunatak, where Shackleton must have got up also; it is obviously the only place when you look at it from a commanding rise."
- "Only a few lichens and mosses colonize the rocky walls of cirques and nunataks."
- "The peak in whose lee you have chosen to set up your command post is far too regular in shape to be the nunatak you imagine it."