MEANING
A large block or tower of ice formed where a glacier fractures.
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Words that belong together
- unstable serac
- towering serac
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An unstable serac leaned over the narrow crossing.
The towering serac cracked while they were still below it.
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- serac
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular serac; plural seracs. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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