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Definitions for Cirque

[1] circle; ring.
[2] a bowl-shaped, steep-walled mountain basin carved by glaciation, often containing a small, round lake.
[3] Also called: corrie , cwm 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
[4] archaeol an obsolete term for circle (def. 11)
[5] poetic a circle, circlet, or ring

Words related to Cirque

sphere, ring, globe, circus, crown, disk, enclosure, belt, bowl, meridian, horizon, circlet, hoop, aureole, compass, coil, lap, halo, cycle, circumference

Words nearby Cirque

cire perdue, cirebon, cirenaica, cirencester, cirio, cirque, cirrate, cirrhogenous, cirrhosis, cirrhus, cirri

Origin of Cirque

1595–1605; < French < Latin circus; see circus

Word origin for Cirque

C17: from French, from Latin circus ring, circle, circus

Synonyms for Cirque

aureole, band, belt, bowl, bracelet, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, coil, compass, cordon, corona, crown, cycle, disc, disk, ecliptic, enclosure, equator, globe, halo, hoop, horizon, lap, meridian, orbit, colure, full turn, parallel of