Meaning & use
kame
Last updated
A small mound or hill of layered sand and gravel deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier.
See it in a sentence
The hikers climbed a kame left behind by the glacier thousands of years ago.
Geologists mapped a cluster of kames along the old ice sheet's edge.
A note on using this word
Often confused with a "moraine," which is a ridge of unsorted debris rather than layered, water-deposited material.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “kame”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.