glacierlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

glacier +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

glacierlike (comparative more glacierlike, superlative most glacierlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a glacier.
    • 2007 May 18, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
      This year the installation is made up of two stainless-steel tree sculptures — “Conjoined” and “Defunct” — and a glacierlike boulder, “Erratic,” by Roxy Paine, a conceptual artist who often juxtaposes nature and modern industrialization.