Synonyms for esker
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : es-ker |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛs kər |
Top 10 synonyms for esker Other synonyms for the word esker
- ascent
- backbone
- butte
- chine
- climb
- corrugation
- crease
- crinkle
- down
- drift
- elevation
- eminence
- esker
- fell
- fold
- furrow
- gradient
- headland
- heap
- height
- highland
- hillock
- hogback
- hummock
- inclination
- incline
- knoll
- mesa
- moraine
- mound
- mount
- parapet
- plica
- pole
- precipice
- prominence
- protuberance
- range
- rib
- rimple
- rise
- rising ground
- rivel
- ruck
- seam
- shock
- slope
- spine
- stack
- summit
- talus
- tor
- upland
- wrinkle
Définition of esker
Origin :- "deposit left by a glacial stream," 1852, from Irish eiscir "ridge of gravel."
- As in knoll : noun small hill
- As in ridge : noun raised part of solid
- As in hill : noun uprising of earth's surface; pile
- As in hillock : noun small hill
- And he went to the friars at Esker to take it off of him, and they took it off.
- Extract from : « Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series » by Lady Gregory
- Do you think he will teach us to do cures like the friars used at Esker?
- Extract from : « Where There is Nothing » by William Butler Yeats
- I'll be bound he's on the Esker, looking afther the sheep, poor crathurs, durin' Andy Connor's illness in the small-pock.
- Extract from : « The Dead Boxer » by William Carleton
- Under that end of this Esker which pointed nearest to the south-west, stood the chapel we have just mentioned.
- Extract from : « The Tithe-Proctor » by William Carleton
- One esker only has been found in the region under consideration.
- Extract from : « The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin » by Rollin D. Salisbury
- The esker is fully a quarter of a mile long, about thirty feet high, and four rods wide at its base.
- Extract from : « The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin » by Rollin D. Salisbury
- The Esker friars used to do great cures—Father Callaghan was the best of them.
- Extract from : « Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Second Series » by Lady Gregory
- I often saw Father Callaghan in Esker and the people brought to him in carts.
- Extract from : « Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Second Series » by Lady Gregory
Antonyms for esker
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