Definition of cirque Cirque

/sɚˈk/ - [serk] - cirque

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What does cirque mean?

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Noun

Plural: cirques

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

corrie, cwm

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Wiktionary

cirque (Noun)
A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

cirque (n.)
A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects.
cirque (n.)
A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.

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cirque
A curved depression with steep walls in a mountainside, created by glacier erosion, forming the end of a valley.

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cirque, noun, singular of cirques.

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