cwm

[ koom ]

/ kum /

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noun

cirque (def. 1).

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Origin of cwm

1850–55; <Welsh: valley. See combe

Words nearby cwm

CVS, CVT, cw, CWA, Cwlth, cwm, Cwmbran, CWO, C-word, CWP, CWPS

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How to use cwm in a sentence

Perhaps we shall be able to walk round into another cwm on the far side of North-west buttress.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
The shape of the West cwm and the question of its exit will be solved if we can answer these questions.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
It is not very surprising to learn that “at the end of that time there was no finer infant in the Cwm.”
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland
He was much impressed by Caddy of Cwm Glas, the strong woman.
Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II|W. P. Haskett Smith

The proper cwm can only be reached from Llanberis or from Penygwrhyd.
Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II|W. P. Haskett Smith

British Dictionary definitions for cwm

cwm

/ (kuːm) /

noun

(in Wales) a valley

geology another name for cirque (def. 1)

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Scientific definitions for cwm

cwm

[ kōōm ]

See cirque.