valley
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: valleys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vallies
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
plural
Senses:
gloss: An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
pos: noun
examples: The Indus River valley was the site of an ancient civilization.
[I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do.
The El Dorado-Searchlight area is geologically a north-south trending orogenous zone, paralleled on the east by the valley of the Colorado, and by an alluvial valley on the west.
Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.
gloss: An area which drains itself into a river.
pos: noun
gloss: Any structure resembling one, e.g. the interior angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
pos: noun
Synonyms: valley
combe
dale
dell
slade
vale
Antonyms: levée
Related words: dale
dell
glen
strath
vale
abyss
chasm
gulf
Derived words: Aber Valley
Aire Valley
Alfeios Valley
Alpheus Valley
Amargosa 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
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
Findon Valley
Finniss Valley
Fitzgerald Valley
Flaxman Valley
Forge Valley
Fortitude Valley
Fort Valley
Fosters Valley
Fraser Valley
Garden Valley
Garland Valley
Garw Valley
Glade Valley
Glenning Valley
Glen Valley
Glenworth Valley
Golden Valley
Golden Valley County
Grand Valley
Grass Valley
Green Valley
Greenwoods Valley
Hamilton Valley
hanging valley
Happy Valley
Hay Valley
Headless Valley
Heads of the Valleys Road
Helena Valley
Hidden Valley
Highland Valley
Hindmarsh Valley
Holme Valley
Hope Valley
Howes Valley
Huon Valley
Indigo Valley
Indus Valley Civilization
Inman Valley
intervalley
in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
intravalley
Itchen Valley
Johns Valley
Kangaroo Valley
Kashmir Valley
Kenton Valley
King Valley
Kodori Valley
Kulaman Valley
Kyvalley
Lambs Valley
Laurentian Valley
Lehigh Valley
Lenah Valley
lily of the valley
lily-of-the-valley
Little Valley
Lizon Valley
Llynfi Valley
Loch Valley
Lockyer Valley
Lower Inman Valley
Meander Valley
Megalong Valley
Mole Valley
Molonglo Valley
Mooloolah Valley
Moonee Valley
multivalley
Nambucca Valley
Napa Valley
Nappy Valley
Nariel Valley
Narrogin Valley
Nene Valley
New Valley
North Boambee Valley
Numinbah Valley
Oak Valley
Ogmore Valley
Ohio Valley disease
Omeo Valley
open valley
Orchid Valley
Oro Valley
Pahvant Valley plague
Paulls Valley
Pauls Valley
Pentewan Valley
Perisher Valley
Picketts Valley
Pillar Valley
Pine Valley
Pine Valley Mountains
Pleasant Valley
Poplar Valley
Po valley
Primrose Valley
Rangers Valley
Ribble Valley
Richmond Valley
rift valley
Rift Valley
river valley
Rock Valley
Rose Valley
Sacramento Valley
Salinas Valley
Samford Valley
San Fernando Valley
San Gabriel Valley
San Pornando Valley
Sawyers Valley
Scandia Valley
seahorse valley
Seaton Valley
sea valley
Second Valley
Shady Valley
Silent Valley
Silicone Valley
Silicon Valley
Silver Valley
Skull Valley
Snake Valley
Snowy Valleys
Spokane Valley
Stewart Creek Valley
Sun Valley
Tallangatta Valley
Tallebudgera Valley
Tanat Valley
Tarra Valley
Tay Valley
Tees Valley
Test Valley
there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley
The Valley
Thowgla Valley
through valley
Totnes Valley
trough valley
uncanny valley
Upper Kangaroo Valley
U-shaped valley
U-valley
Valley
valley board
valley boy
Valley Center
Valley City
Valley County
valley dweller
Valley East
Valley Falls
valley fever
valley fill
valley floor
valley fold
valley girl
valley-girl
Valley Heights
valleyland
valley-land
valley land
valleyless
valleylike
valleyman
valley of death
Valley Of Lagoons
Valley of the Kings
valley of the shadow of death
Valley of the Sun
valley piece
valley quail
valley rafter
valleyscape
Valley Township
Valley View
valleyward
valleywards
Victoria Valley
V-shaped valley
Wardrop Valley
Water Valley
West Valley City
White Gum Valley
Whites Valley
Wild Dog Valley
wild lily-of-the-valley
Wilson Valley
Winter Valley
Wolgan Valley
Wye Valley
Wyoming Valley
Yass Valley
yodel up the valley
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