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corrie

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cor·rie  (kôr, kr)
n.
A round hollow in a hillside; a cirque.
[Scottish Gaelic coire, hollow, cauldron, from Old Irish, cauldron, whirlpool.]
corrie [ˈkɒrɪ]
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology another name for cirque [1]
[from Gaelic coire cauldron, kettle]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.corriecorrie - 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
corrie [ˈkɒrɪ] n (Geol) → circo


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