cirque
IPA: sˈɝk
noun
- (historical) A Roman circus.
- (geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.
- (dated or literary) Something in the shape of a circle or ring.
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Examples of "cirque" in Sentences
- Fluvial processes in the cirque.
- A corrie may be called a cirque.
- East of the summit lies the cirque.
- They are situated in the Tipits cirque.
- Inside the cirque, there are considerable declivities.
- One major cirque was the Cirque de Pessons in the east.
- In another cirque, south of the summit, are the Bullfrog Lakes.
- The Ptarmigan Cirque hiking trail is a short loop in the cirque.
- The meanders in the mud undercut the overlaying limestones forming a cirque.
- The Iceberg Cirque is a large cirque that has been carved out by glaciation.
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