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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the shape of the capital letter U; in physical geography, said of valleys whose cross-profile resembles the letter U.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Phys. Geog.) Having the form of the letter U

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective shaped in the form of the letter U

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