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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SERAC

SERAC Sé `rac ", n. [F. (in the Alps ), orig. , a kind of solid cheese. ]

 

Defn: A pinnacle of ice among the crevasses of a glacier; also, one of the blocks into which a glacier breaks on a steep grade.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

serac

se rac |səˈrak səˈræk | ▶noun a pinnacle or ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Swiss French sérac, originally the name of a compact white cheese.

 

Oxford Dictionary

serac

serac |ˈsɛrak, sɛˈrak | ▶noun a pinnacle or ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Swiss French sérac, originally the name of a compact white cheese.

 

Duden Dictionary

Sérac

Sé rac Substantiv, maskulin Geografie , der |zeˈrak se …|lateinisch-französisch zacken- oder turmartiges Gebilde an Gletschern