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dell

dell

50 7.9
A small valley among trees where grass grows
  • noun
  • /dɛl/
translation icon : hondonada
  • The dandelions in the dusky dell

Examples

  • It's 2224 Deep Dell Place.

    Lost Highway (1997)

  • The trees of the dell still reached above him, but they no longer framed Peg's lovely face.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • "I remember a lady in a dell five years ago, a bakery."

    Fiction book (1992)

  • ''The farmer in the dell, hi-ho the derry-o... the farmer in the dell.

    Scorched (2003)

  • Once upon a time A story was told About fairies and goblins And witches of old They haunted the forests And meadows and dells And this is the legend The storybook tells

    Babes in the Woods (1932)

  • The children played in the quiet dell surrounded by towering trees.

  • She discovered a beautiful flower hidden in the shaded dell of the forest.

  • The old legends spoke of a dell where magical creatures would gather at night.

Synonyms

dingle
vsdell
  • Archaic
3 9.5

A small sheltered valley with trees and a stream

is a more open small valley typically found among trees

How Big

canyon
117 2.5
gorge
32 5.3
vale
  • Archaic
8 9.9
dell
50 7.9
hollow
44 3.9

Surface Forms

dell singular
dells plural

Etymology

Dell comes from the same old English root as dale, which means 'valley'. Think of a small, quiet valley among trees, which helps you remember that a dell is a small wooded valley.