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noun
- 1. a half-open steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley or on a mountainside, formed by glacial erosion.
- 2. a ring, circlet, or circle. literary
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a hollow area almost surrounded by steep slopes at the top of a glaciated valley: From here you can start to see the rim of the mountains that enclose the cirque. kellyvandellen/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. Fewer examples. From the col there is a wonderful view back down over the ski village in its cirque.
The meaning of CIRQUE is circus. circus; circle, circlet; a deep steep-walled basin on a mountain usually forming the blunt end of a valley… See the full definition
A cirque ( French: [siʁk]; from the Latin word circus) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic: coire, meaning a pot or cauldron) [1] and cwm ( Welsh for 'valley'; pronounced [kʊm] ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform arising from fluvial erosion.
A steep, amphitheatre-shaped hollow occurring at the upper end of a mountain valley, especially one forming the head of a glacier or stream. Cirques are formed by the erosive activity of glaciers and often contain a small lake.
a hollow area almost surrounded by steep slopes at the top of a glaciated valley: From here you can start to see the rim of the mountains that enclose the cirque. kellyvandellen/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. Fewer examples. From the col there is a wonderful view back down over the ski village in its cirque.
Definition of cirque noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. Collins English Dictionary.
Cirque definition: A steep bowl-shaped hollow occurring at the upper end of a mountain valley, especially one forming the head of a glacier or stream.
Jun 2, 2024 · cirque (plural cirques) ( historical) A Roman circus . ( geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley . Synonyms: corrie, combe, cwm. ( dated or literary) Something in the shape of a circle or ring .
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. [French, from Latin circus, circle; see circle .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
