CWM

cirque, corrie, cwm

(noun) a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

CWM (plural CWMs)

Initialism of Cincinnati water maze.

Etymology

Noun

cwm (plural cwms)

A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.

Synonyms: cirque, combe, corrie

Source: Wiktionary



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21 May 2025

SOMETIME

(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”


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