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MOULIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation
Example:
the icy river plunged, roaring, into the moulin's blue depths
Synonyms:
glacier mill; moulin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("moulin" is a kind of...):
chute; slide; slideway; sloping trough (sloping channel through which things can descend)
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