Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Coire

British  
/ kwar /

noun

  1. the French name for Chur

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Earlier in the month, a climber was injured after getting caught in an avalanche in Coire an t-Sneachda.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2023

They then carried the climber on a stretcher to the team's off-road vehicle in Coire Cas before returning safely to the Cairngorms MRT base by 22:30.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2023

"SSE needs clarity around how the UK government is going to support projects like Coire Glas," Mr McCutcheon explained.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2023

The proposed 92m-high dam and two reservoirs at Coire Glas in the Highlands would be Britain's biggest hydroelectric project for 40 years.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2023

At Coire, in the Grisons, is a very beautiful chasuble, of which the orphrey is of the school of the elder Holbein or Lucas Cranach, applied and raised so as to form a high relief.

From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training