semicirque

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noun

A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.

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Meanings

nounsemicirque (plural semicirques)

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

Origin

From semi- + cirque.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

semicirque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semicirque

MLA

“semicirque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semicirque. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semicirque,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semicirque.

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