Definition

Proper noun: - A specific glacier: The Great Mendenhall Glacier is a glacier of the Piedmont type located near Juneau, Alaska.

Usage

• The term "Great Mendenhall Glacier" is used as a proper noun to name a specific, singular geographical feature. It is typically used in geological, geographical, and travel contexts.

Examples

• Proper noun:
  • The Great Mendenhall Glacier is a major tourist attraction.
  • Scientists are studying the retreat of the Great Mendenhall Glacier.

Advanced Usage

• The term is used definitively to refer to this one glacier. Descriptors like "the retreating" or "the famous" can precede it.
  • We observed the calving face of the Great Mendenhall Glacier.

Variants and Related Words

• Mendenhall Glacier: A common shortened form of the name, often used interchangeably.
• Piedmont glacier: A type of glacier formed when valley glaciers spill out onto flat plains, which describes the form of the Great Mendenhall Glacier.

Synonyms

• Mendenhall Glacier (the most direct synonym, though technically a shortened form).

Notes on Meaning

• As a proper noun naming a single entity, it does not have multiple meanings. Its definition is fixed to the specific glacier in Alaska.

Noun

1. a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska