Definitions for serac

serac sé·rac

Spelling: [si-rak; French sey-rak]
IPA: /sɪˈræk; French seɪˈrak/

Serac is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in serac (acers).

Definitions for serac

noun

  1. a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.

Origin of serac

1855-60; French sérac kind of white cheese (compare Medieval Latin serācium), ultimately Latin serum whey

Examples for serac

Whether a stone underfoot gave way, or whether the Admiral's voice brought down a serac of rotten wall, is not clear.

Retracing the way out of the broken ice, we steered in a south-westerly direction, just above the line of serac and crevassed ice.

The region was one of serac where the glacier was puckered up, folded and crushed.

It is heavily crevassed, as though it once formed the serac portion of a glacier.

For many hours a way was won through a mighty turmoil of serac and over innumerable crevasses with varied fortune.

Word Value for serac
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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