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cor·rie (kôr

, k

)

A round hollow in a hillside; a cirque.

[Scottish Gaelic coire, hollow, cauldron, from Old Irish, cauldron, whirlpool.]

corrie [ˈkɒrɪ]

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology another name for cirque [1]

[from Gaelic coire cauldron, kettle]

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Noun

corrie - a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake

cirque, cwm

basin - a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"

Translations

corrie

n (Geol) → Kar m

corrie [ˈkɒrɪ] n (Geol) → circo

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