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moulin

moulin

2 9.9
A deep straight hole in a glacier that carries water from the surface to the base
  • noun
  • /muːˈlæn/
  • Specialized
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  • The night, the wine, the women, the cabaret, the Moulin Rouge.

Examples

  • Deputy de Nicolay, in representing the Moulin district?

  • This shows what happens to cracking and when the lakes are formed, give rise to what is known as "moulins".

  • And the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

  • Now, to some extent always there were seasonal thawing and formed themselves "moulins" in the past, but not like now.

  • I agree that Dreamgirls and Chicago do it for musicals, but you also have to add Moulin Rouge!

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  • I love Moulin Rouge, but I don't go, "Oh, that Christian, he's so shallow."

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  • Ally contact will meet you at Café Moulin, 1315 hours...

  • The water flows rapidly through the moulin and into the glacier's base.

  • During the summer, the glacier's moulin channels meltwater down to the valley below.

  • Scientists study the moulin to understand how glaciers lose mass as the ice melts.

Synonyms

glacier mill
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  • Specialized
9.9

A deep vertical hole in a glacier where melt water falls through the ice

forms by percolating surface water and channels flow down to the ice base

Surface Forms

moulin singular
moulins plural

Etymology

The word moulin comes from French moulin, which means 'mill', a place that turns grain. In a glacier, a moulin is a deep hole where melt water falls and often spins as it goes down, so the name helps you picture water turning like a little mill.