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Cirque

Cirque Meaning & Definition
Cirque Definition And Meaning

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

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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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