valley(n = noun.object) vale - 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
1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster]
" Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually the results of erosion by water, and are called
"The valley of the shadow of death." [1913 Webster]
"Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains." [1913 Webster]
2. The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reëntrant angle. [1913 Webster]
valley, n. (pl. -eys)
1 a low area more or less enclosed by hills and usu. with a stream flowing through it.
2 any depression compared to this.
3 Archit. an internal angle formed by the intersecting planes of a roof.
Etymology:
ME f. AF valey, OF valee ult. f. L vallis, valles: cf. VALE(1)
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.
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