Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A steep bowl-shaped hollow occurring at the upper end of a mountain valley, especially one forming the head of a glacier or stream.
- noun A ring; a circle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A circus.
- noun A circle; specifically, a circle regarded as inclosing any space or surrounding any object or group of objects.
- noun Same as
comb .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects.
- noun A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A curved
depression in amountainside with steep walls, forming the end of avalley .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The show is distinctive from other "cirque" - style entertainment in that the dancers, jugglers, acrobats and contortionists, share the stage with a live orchestra.
RNews - TOP STORIES 2009
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The show is distinctive from other "cirque" - style entertainment in that the dancers, jugglers, acrobats and contortionists, share the stage with a live orchestra.
RNews - TOP STORIES 2009
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The show is distinctive from other "cirque" - style entertainment in that the dancers, jugglers, acrobats and contortionists, share the stage with a live orchestra.
RNews - TOP STORIES 2009
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The show is distinctive from other "cirque" - style entertainment in that the dancers, jugglers, acrobats and contortionists, share the stage with a live orchestra.
RNews - TOP STORIES 2009
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Paramount in Garuda's approach to "the cirque" is the use of technology.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kia Makarechi 2012
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In the visually creative "cirque" style, but with more of a Broadway feel.
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There is "cirque" beyond Cirque du Soleil, however.
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But above all else, it is the view to the Westward that we have come here to see – the famous "cirque" of the Croda Malcora.
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Although "cirque" is literally translated from the French as "circus," Streltsov makes a distinction.
Kansas.com: -- Front 2009
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"cirque" et de "grand-guignol" à propos du "grand emprunt" annoncé par Nicolas Sarkozy lors du Congrès de Versailles en juin dernier.
European Tribune 2009
treeseed commented on the word cirque
A cirque is an amphitheatre-like valley, or valley head, formed at the head of a glacier by erosion. A cirque is also known as a cwm in Wales, a coomb or coombe in England, and a corrie in Scotland and Ireland, although these terms apply to a specific feature of which several may be found in a cirque.
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January 26, 2008