glacial

adjective

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • positive : glacial

Senses

  • pertaining to glaciers
  • extremely slow
  • 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
  • devoid of warmth and cordiality
  • extremely cold : frigid
  • coldly imperturbable
  • of a purity marked by the tendency to readily solidify in the form of ice-like crystals

glacial

noun

Forms

  • singular : glacial
  • plural : glacials

Senses

  • a glacial epoch or period