cirque
noun/sɜrk/
Frequency rank: #13,544 most common English word
Meaning
A steep-walled, bowl-shaped hollow found on a mountainside, formed by glacial erosion.
Example sentence
The hikers stood at the edge of cirque carved out by an ancient glacier.
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