Definitions for: Vale


[n] a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river



Webster (1913) Definition: Vale, n. [OE. val, F. val, L. vallis; perhaps akin to Gr.
? low ground, marsh meadow. Cf. Avalanche, Vail to lower,
Valley.]
A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. ``
Make me a cottage in the vale.'' --Tennyson.

Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above.
--Montgomery.

In those fair vales, by nature formed to please.
--Harte.

Note: Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in
prose and common discourse.

Syn: Valley; dingle; dell; dale.


Vale, n.
See 2d Vail, 3.

Synonyms: valley

See Also: dale, depression, glen, gully, holler, hollow, natural depression, nullah, ravine, rift valley, San Joaquin Valley, Shenandoah Valley

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