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semicirque

semicirque noun: a semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.

Noun

semicirque (plural semicirques)

  1. A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.
    • Upon a semicirque of turf-clad ground, / The hidden nook discovered to our view / A mass of rock […]1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Book Three

Forms of semicirque

pluralsemicirques

Origin of semicirque

From semi- + cirque.

Questions about semicirque

What does semicirque mean?
Semicirque means a semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.
What part of speech is semicirque?
Semicirque is a noun.
What is the plural of semicirque?
The plural of semicirque is semicirques.

Words near semicirque in the dictionary

  1. semicircumference
  2. semicircumferences
  3. semicircumferential
  4. semicircumferentor
  5. semicircumferentors
  6. semicirque
  7. semicirques
  8. semicitizen
  9. semicitizens
  10. semicitizenship
  11. semicitizenships

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