cwm

[koom]

noun

1. cirque.

cwm

/ kuːm /

noun

1. (in Wales) a valley

2. geology another name for cirque

cwm

1. See cirque

Word History and Origins

Origin of cwm¹

1850–55; < Welsh: valley. See combe

Example Sentences

Another favorite is “cwm,” a word without vowels that describes a geological formation.

From Washington Post

Now, just one remains, lodged into a cwm west of Pico Humboldt.

From Economist

With careful negotiation and navigation through the crevasse fields within the cwm we will collect snow samples at the surface and subsurface as well as make reflectivity measurements using a handheld spectrometer.

From Scientific American

All three form what is called the western cwm - a wall of rock and ice that is part of the route to Everest.

From BBC

In no land are glades so verdant, are rocks so rugged and bold, are cwms and dells so exquisitely beautiful and lovely as are to be seen here. 

From Project Gutenberg