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cwm
(ko͞om)n.
See cirque.
[Welsh, valley.]
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cwm
(kuːm)n
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]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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" |
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cwm
n → Kar nt
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