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valleys

Meaning of valleys

plural noun
  1. a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.
    the Thames Valley
    the valley floor
  2. an internal angle formed by the intersecting planes of a roof, or by the slope of a roof and a wall.

Middle English: from Old French valee, based on Latin vallis, valles ; compare with vale1.

Information about valleys

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of valleys is: valley.

Hyphenation of valleys

val-leys

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 letters.
  • valleys is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

valleys synonyms

Meaning a valley, especially in northern England:

dale

Meaning a valley (used in place names or as a poetic term):

vale

Meaning a small valley:

hollow

Meaning a sunken place or hollow on a surface:

depression

Meaning a hollow place in a solid body or surface:

hole

Meaning a circular or oval valley or natural depression on the earth's surface, especially one containing water:

basin

Meaning a ravine formed by the action of water:

gully

Meaning a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it:

gorge

Meaning an act or instance of moving past or through something:

pass

Meaning a deep, narrow gorge with steep sides:

ravine

Meaning a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America:

canyon

Meaning a crack, split, or break in something:

rift

Meaning a break or hole in an object or between two objects:

gap

Meaning a short valley or hollow on a hillside or coastline, especially in southern England:

combe

Meaning an open space between banks or woods; a valley:

slade

Meaning a vale, especially the deep, narrow wooded valley of a small river:

dene

Meaning a steep valley or ravine:

clough

Meaning a narrow valley, especially in Scotland or Ireland:

glen

Meaning a broad mountain valley:

strath

Meaning a watercourse, riverbed, or ravine:

nullah

Meaning (in South Africa) a steep-sided, wooded ravine or valley:

kloof

Meaning (in Spain and Spanish America) a large grassy plain or valley:

vega

Meaning (in certain Arabic-speaking countries) a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season:

wadi

Meaning a small valley, usually among trees:

dell

Meaning a deep wooded valley or dell:

dingle