valley
an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
any depression or hollow resembling a valley.
a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation.
any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like: the valley of despair.
Architecture. a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.
the lower phase of a horizontal wave motion.
Origin of valley
1Other words from valley
- val·ley·like, adjective
- in·ter·val·ley, noun
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How to use valley in a sentence
With all these changes there was, however, but little effect upon the main masses of the big intervalley spurs.
The Andes of Southern Peru | Isaiah Bowman
British Dictionary definitions for valley
/ (ˈvælɪ) /
a long depression in the land surface, usually containing a river, formed by erosion or by movements in the earth's crust
the broad area drained by a single river system: the Thames valley
any elongated depression resembling a valley
the junction of a roof slope with another or with a wall
(modifier) relating to or proceeding by way of a valley: a valley railway
Origin of valley
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for valley
[ văl′ē ]
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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