September 30, 2007
cirque
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DEFINITION: (noun) A steep bowl-shaped hollow occurring at the upper end of a mountain valley, especially one forming the head of a glacier or stream.
SYNONYMS: corrie, cwm.
USAGE: We followed the stream up the incline until we reached the cirque that was its source.
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