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valley

[ val-ee ]

noun

, plural val·leys.
  1. an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
  2. an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
  3. any depression or hollow resembling a valley.
  4. a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation.
  5. any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like:

    the valley of despair.

  6. Architecture. a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.
  7. the lower phase of a horizontal wave motion.


valley

/ ˈvælɪ /

noun

  1. a long depression in the land surface, usually containing a river, formed by erosion or by movements in the earth's crust
  2. the broad area drained by a single river system

    the Thames valley

  3. any elongated depression resembling a valley
  4. the junction of a roof slope with another or with a wall
  5. modifier relating to or proceeding by way of a valley

    a valley railway



valley

/ vălē /

  1. A long, narrow region of low land between ranges of mountains, hills, or other high areas, often having a river or stream running along the bottom. Valleys are most commonly formed through the erosion of land by rivers or glaciers. They also form where large regions of land are lowered because of geological faults.


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Other Words From

  • valley·like adjective
  • inter·valley noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of valley1

1250–1300; Middle English valeie, valey < Old French valee, equivalent to val vale ( def ) + -ee < Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of valley1

C13: from Old French valee, from Latin vallis

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Example Sentences

But the people from Valley Stream had such a thick New York accent that was all around me.

The region is marketed for visitors as “Aryan Valley,” and many citizens have taken to tacking on “Aryan” to their last names.

Time was suspended as the world watched and waited for news about the young, brave girl from the Swat Valley.

A brilliant Silicon Valley entrepreneur may have found a way to get dark money out of politics without changing any laws.

Greer is a young, entrepreneurial, poker-loving Texan who ended up in Silicon Valley.

San Antonio de Bexar lies in a fertile and well-irrigated valley, stretching westward from the river Salado.

When it cleared, the valley was a solid expanse of white, and the stars shone out as if in an Arctic sky.

At the foot of the pass, the valley widened a little, though still with steep, snow-capped cliffs crowding it on either side.

It was a sad day for Ramona and Alessandro when the kindly Hyers pulled up their tent-stakes and left the valley.

For an Indian to sell a horse and wagon in the San Jacinto valley was not an easy thing, unless he would give them away.

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