ˈsərk noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Latin circus — more at circus
1. : circus 1a
2. : circle , circlet — used chiefly in poetry
3. : a deep steep-walled basin high on a mountain usually shaped like half a bowl and often containing a small lake, caused especially by glacial erosion, and usually forming the blunt head of a valley
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