English Explanatory Dictionary

cyclopean stairs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A glaciated valley that has several consecutive hanging valleys or riegels (ridges) giving the appearance of an enormous staircase.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cyclopean, stairs. (Stairs made of huge (irregular) stones which have been fitted together.)

Word forms

cyclopean stairs
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