dale

[ deyl ]
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noun
  1. a valley, especially a broad valley.

Origin of dale

1
before 900; Middle English dal,Old English dæl; cognate with German Tal,Old Norse dalr,Gothic dals

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Other definitions for Dale (2 of 2)

Dale
[ deyl ]

noun
  1. Sir Henry Hal·lett [hal-it], /ˈhæl ɪt/, 1875–1968, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.

  2. Sir Thomas, died 1619, British colonial administrator in America: governor of Virginia 1614–16.

  1. a male or female given name.

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British Dictionary definitions for dale (1 of 2)

dale

/ (deɪl) /


noun
  1. an open valley, usually in an area of low hills

Origin of dale

1
Old English dæl; related to Old Frisian del, Old Norse dalr, Old High German tal valley

British Dictionary definitions for Dale (2 of 2)

Dale

/ (deɪl) /


noun
  1. Sir Henry Hallet. 1875–1968, English physiologist: shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1936 with Otto Loewi for their work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses

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Scientific definitions for Dale

Dale

[ dāl ]


  1. British physiologist who discovered acetylcholine and, with Otto Loewi, investigated the chemical transmission of nerve impulses. For this work they shared the 1936 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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