Icefall
[ahys-fawl] /ˈaɪsˌfɔl/
noun
1.
a jumbled mass of in a glacier.
2.
a mass of overhanging a precipice.
3.
a of from a glacier, iceberg, etc.
/ˈaɪsˌfɔːl/
noun
1.
a very steep part of a glacier that has deep crevasses and resembles a frozen waterfall
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