English Explanatory Dictionary

valley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often 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
  1. To form the shape of a valley.
name
  1. A surname from landforms.
  2. A placename:
  3. A community in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  4. A city in Chambers County, Alabama, United States, on the Georgia state line.
  5. A city in Nebraska, United States.
  6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Valley Township.
  7. A village and community in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH2979).
name
  1. Ellipsis of the San Fernando Valley: a valley of southern California, United States.
  2. Ellipsis of Silicon Valley.

Pronunciation

văl'ē /ˈvæli/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Valley.wav En-us-valley.ogg /ˈvale/ /-lɪ/ /-li/

Word forms

valley valleys vallies valleying valleyed the Valley

Etymology

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

Synonyms

valley combe dale dell slade vale Vallee

Antonyms

levée

Related words

dale dell glen strath vale abyss chasm gulf County of Valley The Valley Township of Valley valley Valley City Valley County Valley Creek Valley Mountains Valley Township

Derived words

Aber Valley Aire Valley Alfeios Valley Alpheus Valley Angas Valley Arcadia Valley Back Valley Bardwell Valley Barossa Valley Beenaam Valley Beetaloo Valley Berkshire Valley Big Bear Valley Bonnechere Valley Boyne Valley Broughton River Valley buried valley Calder Valley California valley fever California valley quail Cannon Valley Caterham Valley Central Valley Chain Valley Bay Chatham Valley Chenab Valley Chiltern Valley Chinta Valley Clare and Gilbert Valleys Clarence Valley closed cut valley Cockatoo Valley Comox Valley Coromandel Valley Cowichan Valley cream of the valley Cuckmere Valley Culm Valley Currumbin Valley Darran Valley Death Valley Deddick Valley Delaware Valley Delaware Valley Metropolitan Area Dene Valley Derwent Valley Deua River Valley Diamond Valley Dnieper Valley Don Valley dry valley Dumaresq Valley Dundas Valley Eden Valley Elbow Valley Eva Valley false lily of the valley Fassifern Valley feathery false lily of the valley Fertile Valley
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