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dingle

[ ding-guhl ]
/ ˈdɪŋ gəl /
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noun
a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
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Origin of dingle

1200–50; Middle English: a deep dell, hollow; akin to Old English dung dungeon, Old High German tunc cellar

Words nearby dingle

ding-dong, dinge, dinger, dinges, dinghy, dingle, dingleberry, Ding Ling, dingo, dingus, dingy
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Words related to dingle

scrub, thicket, basin, canyon, gorge, lowland, plain, bracken, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, copse, cover, fern, gorse, grove, hedge, sedge, shrubbery, spinney

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British Dictionary definitions for dingle

dingle
/ (ˈdɪŋɡəl) /
noun
a small wooded dell

Word Origin for dingle

C13: of uncertain origin
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