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A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects.

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  1. n. A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects.
  2. n. A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.
  3. n. a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
  4. 1. A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects. A dismal cirque Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor. Keats. 2. A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.
  5. n:100 n. a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake