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corrie

cor·rie

UK/ˈkɒɹi/ US/ˈkɔri/ uncommon informal uk

noun

1.

a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake

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Origin

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

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