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1. (n.) cirque
a bowl-shaped, steep-walled mountain basin carved by glaciation, often containing a small round lake.
2. cirque
circle; ring.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < F < L circus; see circus)
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1. (noun) cirque, corrie, cwm
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
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1. (noun) cirque
a circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects
2. (noun) cirque
a kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height
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