About The Word Cirque
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Cirque
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What's The Definition Of Cirque?
[n] a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cirque: corrie | cwm Related Terms | Find terms related to Cirque: See Also | basin Cirque In Webster's Dictionary \Cirque\, n. [F., fr. L. circus.]
1. A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of
objects.
A dismal cirque Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor.
--Keats.
2. A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain,
walled around by precipices of great height.
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