cirque

cirque

C0368400 (sûrk)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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[French, from Latin circus, circle; see circle.]

cirque

(sɜːk) n1. (Physical Geography) Also called: corrie or 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 glacier2. (Archaeology) archaeol an obsolete term for circle¹¹3. poetic a circle, circlet, or ring[C17: from French, from Latin circus ring, circle, circus]

cirque

(sɜrk)

n. 1. a bowl-shaped, steep-walled mountain basin carved by glaciation, often containing a small round lake. 2. circle; ring. [1595–1605; < French < Latin circus; see circus]

cirque

A mountain hollow eroded by snow and ice. It may contain snow or a lake.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cirque - a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lakecorrie, cwmbasin - a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"

Translations

circo glaciale