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
  • The hike to the cirque and back to the trailhead is six miles.
    Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Throughout the run beneath the cirque of the Continental Divide, cruising up a gradual ascent towards a glacier-fed lake, my Overland Half Tight shorts remained comfortable.
    Lisa Jhung, Outside, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Apparently growing out of the cleft between her breasts was a large mauve orchid.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Doctors couldn't tell her how severe the cleft would be or any other complications that may be involved with Benji's diagnosis.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • This invisible, climate-polluting gas can escape into the water through fissures in the sea floor, often revealing itself with a stream of bubbles weaving their way up to the ocean surface.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Johanon's remarks centered on the fissures in society.
    Detroit Free Press staff, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Fellow Saturnian moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa — both thought to host oceans — are covered with a network of cracks and crevasses in their surface, signs that their volumes changed as ice melted into water.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Throughout the course, climbers can see the 2,303-foot-high Triumvirate Glacier, with all its moraines and otherworldly blue crevasses, as well as the Tordrillo Mountains, which include Mount Spurr, an active volcano that last erupted in 1992.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 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
  • The highest point of the trail is at 3,008 feet, on a viewless col (the lowest point between peaks) off of Blue Mountain.
    Jessica McKenzie, National Geographic, 16 Nov. 2020
Noun
  • Its Mii amo spa offers treatments inspired by its surroundings and the canyon's vortex energy.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Flash flooding will be particular concern in burn scars, slot canyons and urban areas, according to the weather service.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Northbound and southbound lanes were closed as the response team extracted the animal from the crevice safely.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Methane has been measured escaping from crevices in the seabed at a high rate as the region warms at unprecedented rates, according to a paper published in Nature Communications.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Vacherot had the chance to send Djokovic deeper into the abyss in the opening game of the second set, which lasted 14 points and was too much, too soon for Djokovic’s treatment to have kicked in.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • These fishes also really highlight the diversity of snailfishes in the abyss.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Cwm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cwm. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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