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cyclopean stairs

cyclopean stairs noun: a glaciated valley that has several consecutive hanging valleys or riegels (ridges) giving the appearance of an enormous staircase.

Noun

cyclopean stairs pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A glaciated valley that has several consecutive hanging valleys or riegels (ridges) giving the appearance of an enormous staircase.
    • The glacier bears heaviest at the foot of the steepest part where it scoops out a plunge basin that fills with a glacial lake. It bears down with less force as it recovers from its fall, loses energy coming up out of the basin it created, but then falls again to scoop out the next lake basin, and...2019 July 16, Doug Wheat, Walks of Life: your Journey back to nature, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN
  2. (plural, plural-only) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cyclopean, stairs. (Stairs made of huge (irregular) stones which have been fitted together.)

cyclopean stairs meaning in Tamil

cyclopean stairs in Tamil

செப்பமுறாப் படிகள்

Questions about cyclopean stairs

What does cyclopean stairs mean?
Cyclopean stairs means a glaciated valley that has several consecutive hanging valleys or riegels (ridges) giving the appearance of an enormous staircase.
What is cyclopean stairs in Tamil?
Cyclopean stairs in Tamil is செப்பமுறாப் படிகள். See Cyclopean stairs meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cyclopean stairs?
Cyclopean stairs is a noun.

Words near cyclopean stairs in the dictionary

  1. cycloparaffins
  2. cycloparaphenylene
  3. cycloparaphenylenes
  4. cyclopean
  5. Cyclopean architecture
  6. cyclopean stairs
  7. cyclopedia
  8. cyclopedias
  9. cyclopedic
  10. cyclopedical
  11. cyclopedically

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