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cwms

/kuːmz/

cwms is the plural of cwm.

Meaning of cwm

Noun

cwm (plural cwms)

  1. A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
    • A fine glacier descends from Mount Longstaff. It has cut very deep and the walls stand at an angle of at least 50°. Otherwise, although there are many cwms on the lower ranges, the mountains themselves seem little carved.1913, Robert Falcon Scott, Scott's Last Expedition, Volume 1, Chapter 16
    Synonyms:
    cirque, combe, corrie

See all 3 meanings of cwm

Noun capitalized: CWMs

CWMs

  1. (plural) plural of CWM

Words that rhyme with cwms

Questions about cwms

What is cwms the plural of?
Cwms is the plural of cwm.
What part of speech is cwms?
Cwms is a noun.
How do you pronounce cwms?
Cwms is pronounced /kuːmz/.

Words near cwms in the dictionary

  1. Cwmdu
  2. Cwmfelinfach
  3. Cwmgors
  4. Cwmgwrach
  5. Cwmllynfell
  6. cwms
  7. Cwmtwrch
  8. cwmwd
  9. cwmwds
  10. cwo
  11. CWOB

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cwms (page history and authors); CWMs (page history and authors); cwm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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