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corrie

/ˈkɒɹi//ˈkɒɹi/

corrie noun: a bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.

corrie: a bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation
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Noun

corrie (plural corries)

  1. (Scotland) A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
    • Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber!1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.XVI
    • We spanned the dogs high up a corrie to the south of the ridge […]1972, Mountain, numbers 20-24, page 22
    Synonyms:
    cirque, combe, cwm

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Corrie

Corrie (countable and uncountable, plural Corries)

  1. A village in the isle of Arran, in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS0242).
  2. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Corrie

Corrie

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Cora and Corinne, or borrowed from the Dutch pet form of Cornelia.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Corrie

Corrie

  1. (UK, abbreviation, informal) Abbreviation of Coronation Street, a soap opera.
    • It all seems to take place in the hiatus between Neighbours and “Brookie”, “Corrie” or EastEnders.1989 May 20, Stephen Silk, “Campus: All change for housing”, in The Times, page 34
    • Linda lives next door and is dead mumsy, even though she's no one's mum, 'cos she cooks my tea sometimes and lets me watch EastEnders on her massive plasma TV, even though she says I should 'stay true to my Northern Roots' and watch Corrie.2012, Ellie Irving, Billie Templar's War, Random House (The Bodley Head)

Synonyms of corrie

Forms of corrie

Noun
pluralcorries
alternative formcorrei
Proper noun
pluralCorries
alternative formCorry

Plural of corrie: corries

Origin of corrie

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic coire.

From Scottish Gaelic coire (“cauldron, boiler; corrie”), which denotes a bowl-shaped geographical feature similar to a cirque.

Diminutive from Coronation Street + -ie.

Words that rhyme with corrie

Questions about corrie

What does corrie mean?
Corrie means a bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
What part of speech is corrie?
Corrie can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce corrie?
Corrie is pronounced /ˈkɒɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of corrie?
The plural of corrie is corries.

Words near corrie in the dictionary

  1. corridorlike
  2. corridors
  3. corridors of power
  4. corridors of uncertainty
  5. corridos
  6. corrie
  7. Corriedale
  8. Corriedales
  9. Corrientes
  10. Corrier
  11. corries

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