How to pronounce esker
American English pronunciation
ES-kur
- IPA
- /ˈɛskɚ/
- Syllables
- ES · kur (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What esker means
A winding gravel ridge left by a stream under a glacier
In a sentence: We hiked along the top of an esker that snaked through the forest like a giant's path.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from the Irish word eiscir, meaning a ridge left by a glacier.
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