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Meaning of "esker" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ESKER

From Old Irish escir ridge.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ESKER

esker  [ˈɛskə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ESKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Esker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ESKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

esker

Esker

An esker is a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America. Eskers are frequently several kilometres long and, because of their peculiar uniform shape, are somewhat like railway embankments.

Definition of esker in the English dictionary

The definition of esker in the dictionary is a long winding ridge of gravel, sand, etc, originally deposited by a meltwater stream running under a glacier Also called: os.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ESKER


Alaska
əˈlæskə
asker
ˈɑːskə
Athabasca
ˌæθəˈbæskə
ayahuasca
ˌaɪəˈwɑːskə
burlesquer
bɜːˈlɛskə
busker
ˈbʌskə
husker
ˈhʌskə
lascar
ˈlæskə
Madagascar
ˌmædəˈɡæskə
masker
ˈmɑːskə
masquer
ˈmɑːskə
Musca
ˈmʌskə
Nebraska
nɪˈbræskə
Osca
ˈɒskə
oscar
ˈɒskə
tasker
ˈtɑːskə
tusker
ˈtʌskə
Wesker
ˈwɛskə
whisker
ˈwɪskə
Ziska
ˈzɪskə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ESKER

esemplastic
esemplasy
Esenin
eserine
ESF
Esh Sham
Esher
esile
eskar
Eskies
Eskilstuna
Eskimo
Eskimo dog
Eskimo roll
Esky
ESL
ESN
esne
esnecy

WORDS THAT END LIKE ESKER

baker
bosker
broker
cat´s whisker
cornhusker
frisker
fusker
hacker
hooker
locker
maker
Parker
poker
risker
speaker
sticker
tracker
unmasker
walker
worker

Synonyms and antonyms of esker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «esker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ESKER

Find out the translation of esker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

蛇形丘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esker
570 millions of speakers

English

esker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Esker
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

esker
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esker
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

esker
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

esker
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Esker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Esker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エスカー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에스 커
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Esker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

esker
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

esker
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एस्कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

esker
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Esker
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Esker
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Esker
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

esker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

esker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ås
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Esker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of esker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ESKER»

The term «esker» is regularly used and occupies the 65.543 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ESKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «esker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «esker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ESKER»

Discover the use of esker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to esker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Got Murder?: The Shocking Story of Wisconsin's Notorious Killers
convicted, Marathon County Dairy Princess Lori K. Esker was charged with strangling a high school friend.53 Esker was accused of killing twenty-one-year- old Lisa Cihaski, who was about to be engaged to Esker's sometime boyfriend.
Martin Hintz, 2007
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Maine
16 Brooks Esker to Halfmoon Pond General description: General location: Maps: Degree of difficulty: Length: Water availability: Special attractions: Best season: For more information: A hike that begins at the end of a 0.6-mile-long esker and ...
Tom Seymour, 2002
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Great Natural Areas in Western Pennsylvania
From above, the snaking mound looks like an earthwork of the ancient Hopewell moundbuilders, but the Wisconsinan glacier made this sinuous jelly roll some 20,000 years ago. The mound is an esker, a Swedish word for serpent. Ownership.
Stephen Ostrander, 2000
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Census of Ireland, 1901: General Topographical Index ...
{тапка bnrvl'y Count Mapa. I naomi l. a. в. l'. _ ' 7 Esker . . . 272 0 18 Queen'a Maryborough West Clonenagh and Clonagheen . M'tmelliok No.1 O'More's Forest 83 51 Esker 260 1 33 Roscommon Athlone South TaghmaoonnellA Athlone No.
Ireland. b Commissioners appointed for taking the Census of the Population of Ireland, 1904
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Hydrogeologic Framework of Stratified-drift Aquifers in the ...
Most esker systems in Maine terminate in deltas, and some are mantled by deltas at several separate points along their lower reaches (Leavitt and Perkins. 1935). The multiple deltas must have formed sequentially, which led Thompson (1982) ...
Allan D. Randall, 2001
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Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science
Economic importance of eskers, . Description of western New York eskers General statement, . Rtish esker, Origin, Cartersville esker. Origin, Palmyra eskers. Origin, Eskers of the Mendon kame area, Esker west of Mendon Pond Origin, Esker ...
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Proceedings
Rush esker. Origin, Cartersville esker. Origin, . , Palmyra eskers. Origin, Eskers of the Mcndon kame area, Esker west of Mendon Pond Origin Esker east of Mendon Origin, Esker south of Mendon kame Origin. . Leroy esker. Origin, .
Rochester Academy of Sciences, 1919
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Glacial Marine Sedimentation: Paleoclimatic Significance
The location of glacial drainage divides is speculative, however, where an esker system crosses present drainage divides, as does the Penobscot system (Fig. 4). Interpretation. Shreve's conceptual model appears plausible because: ( 1 ) ...
John B. Anderson, Gail Mowry Ashley, 1991
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The Pleistocene of Indiana and Michigan and the History of ...
As a rule, this main esker consists of a single string of ridges, but about a mile north of Dansville, where the main ridge curves to the east, describing nearly a half circle, small ridges run across the arc in line with the general course of the esker.
Frank Leverett, Frank Bursley Taylor, 1915
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Papers by command
Seymour's Islands Esker Esker Esker Esker Esker Inishee Esker t. h. r. 10 2 28 An undivided one- twenty- seventh of 2 0 4 7 1 5 0 3 14 An undivided one- twenty- seventh of 2 0 4 6 3 2 An undivided one- twenty- ?eventh of 2 0 4 7 2 37 An ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1906

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ESKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term esker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Series of 5k races in Braintree, Weymouth kicks off at Pond Meadow …
Soon after the start, the runners will travel down the Esker and along the shore of the Back River, where runners will cross a narrow stream and ... «Wicked Local Weymouth, Jul 15»
2
Kuhl Insurance Replaces Its Existing Fax Server Solution with Esker
MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esker, a worldwide leader in document process automation solutions and pioneer in cloud computing, ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
3
Salvation Army Co-Workers Reunite After Kidney Transplant, Both …
“I reflect on this multiple times every day,” he said. “I'm so grateful to the Salvation Army, to Kate Esker and her husband, and to God for making ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
4
Terra State announces the Class of 2015
Erin Esker, Associate of Applied Science, Medical Assisting/Practice Management. Sherri Fitzgerald, Associate of Applied Science, Nursing. «Port Clinton News Herald, Jul 15»
5
Milford Federal awards scholarships to local high school graduates
... of Mount Saint Charles Academy attending Providence College; Stephanie Esker of Nipmuc Regional High School, attending UMass Lowell; ... «Milford Daily News, Jul 15»
6
Olney Jr. Legion Tigers fall to Dieterich 7-2
... RBI; McClain, run scored, 2 RBI; Goedde, 3-3, RBI; Poe, 3-4, 2 RBI; Schmidt, 1-4; Radloff, 1-4, run scored; Esker, 1-3, two runs scored. «Olney Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
5 Disorderly Massachusetts Residents Arrested in Rhode Island …
Police spotted the vehicle on Oak Hill Road and pulled it over on Esker Lane. Patrol Officer Michael Bernardo, who was at the scene, stated he ... «The News Wheel, Jul 15»
8
Golf Notices
Wed: C McBrearty (18) 48, E Lowry (17 Esker Hills) 41, P O'Beirne (5 Athenry) 40. Gross: D Lowry (Corballis) 38. Plumbers Comp: M Coen (18) ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
9
Police: Man Drove Drunk in NK as Girls Threw Bottles from Car
Patrol officers fanned out and eventually spotted the car on Oak Hill Road and White, the driver, was eventually stopped on Esker Lane. «Patch.com, Jul 15»
10
Esker provides AP automation solution for SPI
SPI, an African utility software provider and the Southern African reseller for Esker, a US document process automation company, has unveiled ... «Sharedserviceslink.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Esker [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/esker>. May 2024 ».
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