dell
noun
a small, usually wooded valley; vale.
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dell
1 American
[del]
/ dɛl /
noun
dells
plural
Dell
2
American
[del]
/ dɛl /
noun
dell'
3
American
[del]
/ dɛl /
dell
British
/ dɛl /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dell
before 1000; Middle English delle, Old English dell; akin to dale
Example Sentences
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A tiny church stands nestled in a dell against steep, forested hills.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2018
In the modern Tarkine rainforest, these same ferns flourish in every dell.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2013
Presiding over this in the Church of Santa Maria delle Anime dell Purgatorio is an actual crowned skull called “Lucia” and a sculptural masterpiece of a winged skull.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2011
They brandish swords, rip through forest and dell, steal from the rich to benefit the poor and make mischief and romance, all with panache and verve.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
At that moment Sam came running back from the edge of the dell.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rivals Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise also rose on the news.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Several US companies, including card payment giant Visa and tech company Dell, have also pledged support for the scheme.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Backed by Nvidia, Dell Technologies and Nokia, Nscale raised $2 billion earlier this year at a $14.6 billion valuation as investors continue to see promise in AI infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Neither Dell nor the White House immediately responded to MarketWatch’s request for comment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
You can have them, Dell said when she saw.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
The work features Punchinello, the hook-nosed, humpbacked clowns who were some of the stock characters taken from the Commedia dell' Arte - an early form of professional theatre.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021
Frustration and anger swelled through the Piazza dell' Esedra.
From Time Magazine Archive
Watteau often painted such personalities in commedia dell' arte costumes, for the masquerade was the sign and symbol of his era.
From Time Magazine Archive
With reckless energy and a wickedly contemporary show-biz savvy, this clown prince is putting the art back in commedia dell' arte.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Commedia dell' Arte had an even longer pedigree than this.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
It's humps, hollows and greens on plateaus and in dells with its two loops of nines along the water make it a ideal links venue and one worthy of a visit.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 18, 2017
A lithe athlete and a musician skilled on the mandolin and guitar, Bailey was raised in the mountains and dells of the Adirondacks in New York and has skied biathlon for a decade.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2016
Instead of the suburban vistas, there are deep dells, overhanging trees, shaded walks, radiant flowers and glowing colours.
From BBC ● May 26, 2013
I have watched a misty pink sunrise across gentle Indiana, seen the farms and autumnal dells of Wisconsin, the wheeling perspectives of corn fields, pumpkin fields, harrowed earth and prairie roads.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2010
As they prepared for sleep in the inn at Bree, darkness lay on Buckland; a mist strayed in the dells and along the river-bank.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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