2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cirque \Cirque\, n. [F., fr. L. circus.] [1913 Webster] 1. A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects. [1913 Webster] A dismal cirque Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor. --Keats. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cirque n : a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake [syn: {corrie}, {cwm}]
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