cirque, corrie, cwm
(noun) a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cirque (plural cirques)
(geology) A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley.
Synonyms: corrie, combe, cwm
(dated or literary) Something in the shape of a circle or ring, such as a Roman circus.
Synonyms: circle, ring
Source: Wiktionary
Cirque, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. circus.]
1. A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects. A dismal cirque Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor. Keats.
2. A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
