dale

• POS: Noun

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dale, n. a valley, esp. in N. England.

Etymology

OE d{aelig}l f. Gmc

THESAURUS

dale

bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, combe, dell, dingle, gap, gill, glen, grove, intervale, lunar rill, pass, ravine, strath, trench, trough, vale, valley, wadi

ROGET THESAURUS

dale

Concavity

N concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.