ALL meanings of cirque
cirque
C c - noun cirque 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 3
- noun cirque a circle, circlet, or ring 3
- noun cirque a circular space or arrangement 3
- noun cirque a circle; ring 3
- noun cirque a circus 3
- noun cirque a steep, hollow excavation high on a mountainside, made by glacial erosion; natural amphitheater 3
- noun cirque circle; ring. 1
- noun cirque a bowl-shaped, steep-walled mountain basin carved by glaciation, often containing a small, round lake. 1
- noun cirque geological feature: hollow 1
- noun cirque A half-open steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley or on a mountainside, formed by glacial erosion. 1
- noun cirque (geology) A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley. 0