Cirque - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Cirque :  (noun)

1: a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake [syn: corrie, cwm]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Cirque : \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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Cirque

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