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What is a corrie?

What is a corrie? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
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The mouth of the corrie gives a view of the cliffs and the distinctive feature of a massive rock slab, which is covered by snow in winter and is prone to avalanche.
Once I had past the subsidiary top of Carn Dearg Meadhonach I took advantage of a long snow glissade down a shallow corrie that dropped me down into the glen.
From the large car park on the north-west side of Loch Laggan, head along the path towards the corrie which skirts Aberarder Farm.
Its northern flank swooped up from the corrie floor at a vertiginous angle.
South of that lies the corrie of the pap, Coire na Ciche, taking its name the great rock that gazes down into the dizzy depths below.
Our original intention was to climb the slopes north of the lochan and so avoid the crags that form the corrie walls.

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