drumlin Hear it!

drumlin definition

drum·lin (drum′lin)

noun

any one of a series of low, flattened, oval mounds or hills formed by an advancing glacier

Etymology: < Ir druim, narrow ridge + -lin, dim. suffix < -ling

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.