HyperDic: corrie

English > 1 sense of the word corrie:
NOUNobjectcorrie, cirque, cwma steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain
corrie > pronunciation
Soundskao'riy
Rhymesaccusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy...
English > corrie: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningA steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake.
Synonymscirque, cwm
BroaderbasinA natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
Spanishcirco, corrie, cwm, glaciar de circo
Catalancirc glacial, circ, corrie, cwm

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