dell n : a small wooded hollow [syn: dingle]

English

Etymology

Akin to dale, vale, and valley

Pronunciation

• /dɛl/ /dEl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

1. valley

Quotations

• 1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50

  To this day they dwell

  In a lonely dell,

Synonyms

• dale
• dingle
• vale
• valley

Translations

Albanian

Noun

dell

1. sinew

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic .

Noun

dell

1. shade

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