kame

[ keym ]

/ keɪm /

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noun Physical Geography.

a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.

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Origin of kame

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

Words nearby kame

Kamba, kambal, Kamchadal, Kamchatka, Kamchatkan, kame, kameez, Kamehameha Day, Kamehameha I, kamelaukion, Kamenev

Other definitions for kame (2 of 2)

kame²

[ keym ]

/ keɪm /

noun Scot.

combe.

Origin of kame

Dialectal variant of comb

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How to use kame in a sentence

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.
Highways and Byways in The Border|Andrew Lang
Kame terraces are hummocky embankments of stratified drift sometimes found in rugged regions along the sides of valleys.
The Elements of Geology|William Harmon Norton
In many cases they form irregular groups of hills, and in other cases fairly well defined kame ridges.
Geology|William J. Miller
Naturally they thought he was at Mrs. Kame's in Banbury, but she hasn't laid eyes on him.
A Modern Chronicle, Complete|Winston Churchill

I knew her when she first married John Kame, the dearest, simplest man that ever was.
A Modern Chronicle, Complete|Winston Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for kame

kame

/ (keɪm) /

noun

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

Word Origin for kame

C19: Scottish and northern English variant of comb

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Scientific definitions for kame

kame

[ kām ]

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