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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 lakeplay

  Familiarity information: CIRQUE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CIRQUE (noun)


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:

cirque; corrie; cwm

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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