Standard Lemma guide

cwm

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /kuːm/
  • UK, US: /kʊm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: combe
  • homophone: coom
  • homophone: khoum (some pronunciations)
  • rhymes with -uːm

1

name

Meaning 1

A village and community in Blaenau Gwent borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1805).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A small village and community in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0677).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cirque, combe, corrie

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of Cincinnati water maze.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of contemporary worship music.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cirque, corrie

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: basin

History

Etymology

From Welsh cwm.

Unadapted borrowing from Welsh cwm (“valley”). Doublet of combe.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 山側凹地 /山侧凹地 (shāncè āodì) — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Czech: kar — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Dutch: keteldal — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Dutch: kaar — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Dutch: U-dal — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Esperanto: cirkvalo — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Finnish: onsilo — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • French: cirque — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • German: Kar — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Japanese: カール (kāru) — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Japanese: 圏谷 (kenkoku) — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: botn — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: botn — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Polish: cyrk lodowcowy — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Polish: kar — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Polish: kocioł — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Russian: цирк (cirk) — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Serbo-Croatian: krnica — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Spanish: circo — valley head created through glacial erosion
  • Welsh: cwm — valley head created through glacial erosion