Associations to the word «Cirque»

Wiktionary

CIRQUE, noun. (geology) A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley.

Dictionary definition

CIRQUE, noun. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake.

Wise words

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C. S. Lewis