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kame

1

[ keym ]

noun

, Physical Geography.
  1. a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.


kame

2

[ keym ]

noun

, Scot.

kame

/ keɪm /

noun

  1. an irregular mound or ridge of gravel, sand, etc, deposited by water derived from melting glaciers
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kame

/ kām /

  1. A small hill or ridge consisting of layers of sand and gravel deposited by a meltwater stream at the margin of a melting glacier.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kame1

1860–65 for this sense; special use of Scots, N dial. kame comb ( Middle English (dial.) camb, kambe, Old English camb, comb ); comb

Origin of kame2

Dialectal variant of comb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kame1

C19: Scottish and northern English variant of comb
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Example Sentences

I do not think that "the Doctor's redding-kame" now survives 233as a name, even if the original trees be still to the fore.

Kame terraces are hummocky embankments of stratified drift sometimes found in rugged regions along the sides of valleys.

In many cases they form irregular groups of hills, and in other cases fairly well defined kame ridges.

Naturally they thought he was at Mrs. Kame's in Banbury, but she hasn't laid eyes on him.

I knew her when she first married John Kame, the dearest, simplest man that ever was.

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