Proper Pronunciation Guide

glacier

[gle͜i ʃɚ]

Tips:

  • Pronounce the letters “ci” as
    /ʃ/.
  • Pronounce the letter “a” like the name of the letter itself—[e͜i]—and stress it.

Practice Sentences:

 They walked on the glacier.
Many of the glaciers in Glacier National Park have already melted.

Definition:

  • (noun) A gigantic river of ice formed from the accumulation of snow over many years and perhaps even remaining from the last Ice Age.

Notes:

Glaciers worldwide, including those in Glacier National Park in the United States, have been melting at an alrming rate due to global warming, which is not a fiction, as some people believe.

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