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cirque definition

cirque (sʉrk)

noun

  1. a circular space or arrangement
  2. Old Poet. a circle; ring
  3. Archaic a circus
  4. Geol. a steep, hollow excavation high on a mountainside, made by glacial erosion; natural amphitheater

Etymology: Fr < L circus: see circus

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