DELL Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

dell

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Definition of dell

as in glen

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Recent Examples of dell Watson Lake: Enjoy kayaking or paddleboarding, or simply relax and take in the beautiful scenery around this stunning lake surrounded by ancient granite dells. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2025 The boys both love hotels and taking family trips to the dells or the bay beach. — Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Fractured and rounded by years of geological upheavals and exposure to the sculpting effects of weather, the dells are a cluster of nooks, crannies and blind curves interrupted by the course of Boulder Creek. — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024 To stay warm, avoid sleeping in any dips, dells, or washes, as cold air will sink and settle into them (and onto you). — Diana Helmuth, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023 Perhaps an out-of-place twinkle from deep in the rustle of some bushes, or a delicate rainbow in the light of the local dell. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2022 Hi-ho-a-dario a spoiler in the dell! — Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 July 2022 The dell flourished for years until a big storm in 1995 toppled the trees. — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 24 Oct. 2020

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Noun

One of the finest temperate rain forests in the United States, the Hoh Rain Forest is worth visiting just for fantastical trails like the Hall of Mosses and Hoh River Trail, which wind through peaceful glens of trees positively dripping with moss.

— Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
Pause for lunch, then drift through fishing villages, beaches and glens that define Donegal’s rugged character.

— David Dickstein, Oc Register, 13 May 2026

Definition of glen

Noun

When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2026
Reaching the wreckage proved difficult as emergency workers, backed by paramilitary forces, climbed down a steep mountainside to the ravine up to 25 meters (80 feet) deep.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of ravine

Noun

Many who rely on copper-wire landlines live in remote rural areas, but some also live in the hills and canyons of major metro areas like Los Angeles, where cell and internet service is patchy and the risk of natural disasters is high.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
There's a canyon between building AI and running it, and most organizations are standing on the wrong side of it wondering why the view hasn't changed.

— Todd Bernson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of canyon

Noun

When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
Tucked into the southern end of the teeming, alluvial Willamette River valley, the region’s natural abundance began attracting farmers in the mid-nineteenth century.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of valley

Noun

The pitch, as expected, appeared to have lost its spite nearing lunch when Latham, who had hung tough for 74 deliveries, tried turning Jofra Archer to the leg side but found a leading edge that Jacob Bethell superbly snatched out of the air at gully.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
On June 6, 1966, on a stretch of Highway 51 just south of Hernando, Mississippi, a portly, middle-aged white man named Aubrey Norvell stepped out of a gully, lifted his shotgun and fired three shots at James Meredith, a Black civil rights activist and Air Force veteran.

— Aram Goudsouzian, The Conversation, 11 June 2026

Definition of gully

Noun

Her journey takes her to the soirées of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
But Mary’s journey takes her far beyond that familiar estate — to the soirées of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of vale

Noun

The fiberglass artworks built by the Ángeleses are enormous, measuring nearly 8 feet tall, 9 feet wide and 4 feet deep, and visually stunning against the hills and dales of Sonoma Valley.

— Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
Look at Georgie’s gorgeous kids and the lovely hills and dales of Wales.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024

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