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Cirque
see synonyms of cirqueNoun
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Cirque
see synonyms of cirquenoun
1. Also called: corrie, cwm
a semicircular or crescent-shaped basin with steep sides and a gently sloping floor formed in mountainous regions by the erosive action of a glacier
2. archaeology an obsolete term for circle (sense 11)
3. poetic
a circle, circlet, or ring
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Cirque
see synonyms of cirque noun
1.
a circular space or arrangement
2. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
a circle; ring
3. Archaic
a circus
4. Geology
a steep, hollow excavation high on a mountainside, made by glacial erosion; natural amphitheater
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Cirque
see synonyms of cirquen.
1. A steep bowl-shaped hollow occurring at the upper end of a mountain valley, especially one forming the head of a glacier or stream. Also called cwm.
2. A ring; a circle.
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