"valley" Definition

Definitions for the word "valley" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
(pl. -s) low area between hills, usu. With a stream or river flowing through it. [french: related to *vale]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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