cwm

(ko͞om)

[Welsh, valley.]

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cwm

(kuːm)

1. (Physical Geography) (in Wales) a valley

2. (Geological Science) geology another name for cirque¹

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cirque

(sɜrk)

n.

1. a bowl-shaped, steep-walled mountain basin carved by glaciation, often containing a small round lake.

2. circle; ring.

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

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

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

cirque, corrie

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

cwm

n → Kar nt

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