cirque

IPA: sˈɝk

(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.

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.
There is "cirque" beyond Cirque du Soleil, however.
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.
Paramount in Garuda's approach to "the cirque" is the use of technology.
In the visually creative "cirque" style, but with more of a Broadway feel.
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.
Although "cirque" is literally translated from the French as "circus," Streltsov makes a distinction.
But above all else, it is the view to the Westward that we have come here to see – the famous "cirque" of the Croda Malcora.
"cirque" et de "grand-guignol" à propos du "grand emprunt" annoncé par Nicolas Sarkozy lors du Congrès de Versailles en juin dernier.
The show is distinctive from other "cirque" - style entertainment in that the dancers, jugglers, acrobats and contortionists, share the stage with a live orchestra.