cwm

American  

[koom] / kum /

noun

1. cirque.

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cwm British  

/ kuːm /

noun

1. (in Wales) a valley

2. geology another name for cirque

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cwm Scientific  

/ ko̅o̅m /

1. See cirque

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Etymology

Origin of cwm

1850–55; < Welsh: valley. See combe

Example Sentences

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 • Apr. 7, 2014

I was hoping to get away to the left and traverse into the cwm; that too quite hopeless.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

There was an old curmudgeon of a money-hoarder who lived in a cottage on the side of the cwm, or dingle, at St. Donat’s, not far from the Castle.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

There was the mysterious cwm lying in cold shadow long after the sun warmed me!

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

The shape of the West cwm and the question of its exit will be solved if we can answer these questions.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth