cwm

[ koom ]

Origin of cwm

1
1850–55; <Welsh: valley. See combe

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How to use cwm in a sentence

  • The moaning of the wind in the great mountain gullies and cwms rendered the scene both awful and sublime.

    The Cambrian Sketch-Book | R. Rice Davies
  • The howling of the winds in the cwms and dingles which run down the p. 13mountain on every side was really appalling.

    The Cambrian Sketch-Book | R. Rice Davies
  • The break in the ridge may be reached either by following the ridge itself or from the cwms on either side of it.

  • These cwms are occasionally visited for the sake of the waterfalls, two or three of which are exceedingly fine.

British Dictionary definitions for cwm

cwm

/ (kuːm) /


noun
  1. (in Wales) a valley

  2. geology another name for cirque (def. 1)

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Scientific definitions for cwm

cwm

[ kōōm ]


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