Drumlin Definition

drŭmlĭn
noun
Any one of a series of low, flattened, oval mounds or hills formed by an advancing glacier.
Webster's New World
An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Drumlin

Noun

Singular:
drumlin
Plural:
drumlins

Origin of Drumlin

  • Irish droim 'back, ridge' + English dim. suffix -lin (variant of -ling)

    From Wiktionary

  • From drum ridge from Irish Gaelic druim back, ridge from Old Irish

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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