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CIRQUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cirque mean?
• CIRQUE (noun)
The noun CIRQUE has 1 sense:
1. a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
Familiarity information: CIRQUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("cirque" is a kind of...):
basin (a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it)
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