valley

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often garnished with a river flowing through it.
2. An area which drains itself into a river.
3. Any structure resembling one, e.g. the interior angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

Verb

To form the shape of a valley.

Sinònims

ravine

vale

dale

gorge

canyon

hollow

dell

gully

glen

depression

plain

mountain stream

dingle

cave

brook

re-entering angle

river

crevice

neck gutter

pass

meadow

flat

ditch

stream

dene

mountain pass

ravin

Guy

hill

indentation

land

opening

pitting

rabbet

recess

river basin

round

sag

slough

strath

subside

swale

talent

vales

vallecula

valleys

wadi

watercourse

watershed

river valley

deep place

drainage area

hip rafter

drainage channel

basin

floodway

nullah

crack

housing

sea valley

small valley

kettle hole

valley catchment area

runoff area

submarine valley

bay

catchment

cavern

cavity

channel

chasm

cirque

concavity

country

dales

deep

defile

den

depth

dimpling

dish

dishing

drain

excavation

falling

floodplain

floor

grasslands

ground

gulch

gutter

Amb guionet com a

val‧ley

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈvæli/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: valey

Cognat amb francès: vallée

Heretat de anglès antic: dene

Heretat de anglès antic: dæl

In summary

From Middle English valey, valeye, from Anglo-Norman valey, Old French valee (compare French vallée), from Latin vallēs/vallis. Doublet of vlei. Displaced native dene, from Old English dene and partially displaced native dale, from Old English dæl.