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cirque Definition


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cirque
noun
    1. geog.
      A deep semicircular hollow with steep side and back walls, located high on a mountain slope and formed as a result of glacial erosion. See coomb (noun 2), corrie, cwm (noun 2).
Etymology: 19c: French, from Latin circus ring.



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