cirque (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cirque*:
NOUN	object	cirque, corrie, cwm	a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain

cirque > pronunciation
Sounds	ser'k
Rhymes	artwork ... work: 53 rhymes with erk...

English > *cirque*: 1 sense > noun 1, object
Meaning	A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake.
Synonyms	corrie, cwm
Broader	basin	A natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
Spanish	circo, corrie, cwm, glaciar de circo
Catalan	circ glacial, circ, corrie, cwm

HyperDic: cirque