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cirque
[ surk ]
noun
- circle; ring.
- a bowl-shaped, steep-walled mountain basin carved by glaciation, often containing a small, round lake.
cirque
/ ²õɜ˰ì /
noun
- Also calledcorriecwm a semicircular or crescent-shaped basin with steep sides and a gently sloping floor formed in mountainous regions by the erosive action of a glacier
- archaeol an obsolete term for circle
- poetic.a circle, circlet, or ring
cirque
/ ²õû°ù°ì /
- A steep, amphitheatre-shaped hollow occurring at the upper end of a mountain valley, especially one forming the head of a glacier or stream. Cirques are formed by the erosive activity of glaciers and often contain a small lake.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cirque1
Example Sentences
In its early years, it was located smack in the middle of the grounds, a beaconing festival-goers with beats, cirque performances and the all-important misters.
Mann also took her cues from Teatro ZinZanni, a cirque entertainment show inside the Lotte Hotel Seattle that is celebrating 25 years.
This mile-long paved trail, which goes by bogs, meadows and waterfalls, leads to a stunning lake in a cirque surrounded by mountains.
The last pockets of snow were visible on a distant cirque.
The trail takes you through aspen, birch and pine groves until it reaches a small basalt column cirque with a peaceful waterfall.
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