Definition of Cirque in English :

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Cirque meaning in English

Meaning of Cirque in English

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Cirque pronunciation in English

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Cirque

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Noun

1. cirque, corrie, cwm

a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake

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Cirque

see synonyms of cirque
noun
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

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Cirque

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n.
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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