cwm

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of cwm Now, just one remains, lodged into a cwm west of Pico Humboldt. The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cwm
Noun
  • Ditch the giant Hula-Hoop in Vegas Even though Fremont Street’s pedestrian mall resembles a circus, the Las Vegas City Council does not permit such cirque contraptions as unicycles or Hula-Hoops wider than 4 feet.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The Anchorage Daily News reported that the slide area is a mountain cirque in backcountry terrain that is only accessible by air.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Plowshare: an agricultural implement for turning soil, for gouging a cleft in the earth.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • The group of four were scaling the Early Winters Spires, jagged peaks split by a cleft that is popular with climbers in the North Cascade Range, about 160 miles northeast of Seattle.
    CBS News, CBS News, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Walter talks about developing the character of his protagonist’s son-in-law, whose right-wing politics are one of the causes of the family’s fissure.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
  • How that fissure affects DOGE is yet to be seen, but the White House has already requested $45 million in funding for the group’s operations next year, an Office of Management and Budget document shows.
    William Turton, ProPublica, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • While icebergs and rocky shorelines dominate the Antarctic coastline that cruise ships navigate, the heart of the continent is another world, one of shimmering blue ice tunnels and crevasses, jagged mountain peaks, and vast moonscapes.
    Chloe Berge, Outside Online, 17 June 2025
  • This living history left Kehlmann aware of how moral crevasses, narrow and wide, can form.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • The French Alps Why: Conquering the storied HC (hors catégorie) climbs and cols of the French Alps provides the ultimate cycling bragging rights.
    Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 13 May 2025
  • After the days of hiking through dense foliage to reach the 9,900-foot Waddington-Combatant col, the climb to the summit felt straightforward by comparison.
    Corbin Reiff, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The route includes many iconic Romanesque churches and beautiful landscapes, including the Rio Dulce natural park, and the canyon of Caracena.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
  • On the night of the shooting, officers arrived at the scene of the call and found Rasmussen shot in the torso and lying in a nearby canyon, Provence said.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Make sure to vacuum all carpets and rugs, including hard-to-reach nooks by using your vacuum crevice tool.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
  • Starting among the orange rocks, vaults, and spires of Arches National Park and passing through with the Colorado River–carved crevices of Canyonlands, this journey feels like a visit to Mars.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • This offensive abyss has also coincided with Aaron Judge’s first slump of the season.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • The country’s longest-serving prime minister has pulled himself back from the abyss with what appears to be a wildly successful opening to a military campaign against Iran.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 17 June 2025

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“Cwm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cwm. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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