vale(n = noun.object) valley - a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river;
is a kind of depression, natural depression
has particulars: dale, glen, gully, holler, hollow, nullah, ravine, rift valley

   A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
" Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse." [1913 Webster]
"Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above." [1913 Webster]
"In those fair vales, by nature formed to please." [1913 Webster]

   See 2d Vail, 3. [1913 Webster]

vale, n. archaic or poet. (except in place-names) a valley (Vale of the White Horse).

Idiom:
vale of tears literary the world as a scene of life, trouble, etc.

vale, int. & n.
--int. farewell.
--n. a farewell.

Etymology:
L, imper. of valere be well or strong

N  concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.