Definition of "moraine" [mo•raine]

• An accumulation of boulders, stones, or other debris carried and deposited by a glacier. (noun)

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• "The moraine, therefore, consists wholly of nether-formed and nether-borne severely triturated materials (_moraine profunde_)."
• "Given the reality or, if you prefer, possibility of global warming, it may be that we'll all be using the word moraine as much as "credit," both related to a meltdown."
• "During the Wisconsinian glaciation, most of the northern hemisphere was covered with ice up to 2 miles thick as far south as Des Moines, Iowa where the state capitol was built on the terminal moraine, which is hundreds of feet thick."