cirque
nounUK /sɜːk/
US /sɜːrk/
A cirque is a big bowl-shaped hollow on a mountain, often made by a glacier.
The hikers rested at the edge of the cirque, looking down at the small lake below.
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2. A steep-sided, amphitheater-like hollow carved into a mountain by glacial erosion.
The cirque was filled with snow even in summer.
3. A circular or ring-shaped arrangement or structure.
The dancers formed a cirque around the fire.
4. A deep, bowl-shaped depression on the surface of a planet or moon.
Scientists studied a large cirque near the moon's south pole.