kame

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/keɪm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kām)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
kame1  (kām),USA pronunciation n. [Physical Geog.]
  1. Geographya ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.
  • 1860–65 for this sense; special use of Scots, north, northern dialect, dialectal kame comb (Middle English (dialect, dialectal) camb, kambe, Old English camb, comb); see comb1

kame2  (kām),USA pronunciation n. [Scot.]
  1. Scottish Termscombe.
  • dialect, dialectal variant of comb2

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
kame / keɪm/
  1. an irregular mound or ridge of gravel, sand, etc, deposited by water derived from melting glaciers
Etymology: 19th Century: Scottish and northern English variant of comb
'kame' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Kamehameha Day - came

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