corrie

cor·rie

K0102775 (kôr′ē, kŏr′ē)n. A round hollow in a hillside; a cirque.

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[Scottish Gaelic coire, hollow, cauldron, from Old Irish, cauldron, whirlpool.]

corrie

(ˈkɒrɪ) n (Geological Science) geology another name for cirque¹[C18: from Gaelic coire cauldron, kettle]

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corrie - a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lakecirque, cwmbasin - a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"

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