A cwm is a steep, bowl-shaped mountain basin that has been carved by glaciers, also called a cirque.
A cwm is a glacial landform, characterized as a steep, bowl-shaped mountain basin, also known as a cirque.
| Front | cwm \koom\ |
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| Back | noun A steep bowl-shaped mountain basin, carved by glaciers. Also known as cirque. [From Welsh cwm (valley). The letter w works as a vowel in the Welsh language and it has given another such word (without a standard vowel aeiou, or y) to English: crwth (krooth) meaning crowd (an ancient Celtic stringed instrument).] "By a process of elimination, which is a ticklish phrase to use about Soviet selection methods, the hordes of trainees will be reduced to about 150 fit to carry Stalin's name over countless crevasses, through the cwms, and along the cols -- to the very ultimate peak of the ultimate mountain." |
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