GLACIAL definition: of or relating to glaciers or ice sheets. See examples of glacial used in a sentence.

glacial adjective (ICE/COLD) Add to word list made or left by a glacier: glacial deposits

If you say that a person, action, or atmosphere is glacial, you mean that they are very unfriendly or hostile.

1. of or pertaining to glaciers or ice sheets. 2. resulting from or associated with the action of ice or glaciers: glacial terrain. 3. characterized by the presence of ice in extensive masses or glaciers. 4. …

Definition of glacial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Glacial definition: Extremely cold; icy.

Glacial refers to anything related to glaciers - large masses of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow over a long period of time.

Geology resulting from or associated with the action of ice or glaciers: glacial terrain. Geology characterized by the presence of ice in extensive masses or glaciers.

: of, relating to, or being any of those parts of geologic time from Precambrian onward when a much larger portion of the earth was covered by glaciers than at present. Examples are automatically …

5 days ago · Borrowed from French glacial, from Latin glaciālis, from glaciēs (“ice”). The sense "slow" refers to the speed of actual glaciers, typically around 1 meter per day.