dell

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dell
Noun
  • Best for Solo Train Enthusiasts: Scotland Discover the incredible and indelible beauty of the Scottish highlands, full of lochs, glens, castles and fluffy highland cows and sheep on a journey with Vacations by Rail.
    Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • One of the biggest temperate rainforests in the United States, the Hoh Rain Forest is worth visiting just for fantastical trails like the Hall of Mosses and Hoh River Trail that wind through peaceful glens of trees positively dripping with moss.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The area has flat dirt trails for hikers and bikers, rock canyons and open grass fields.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Located just north of Vanderpool, Texas, the park is known for its Uvalde bigtooth maples, a species that’s commonly referred to as either just the bigtooth maple or the canyon maple.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trey Moore is a local paddler who knows just about every corner of the Nolichucky gorge.
    Rolando Arrieta, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
  • It was imported from the neighboring island in its entirety and features open sides that allow for spectacular vistas of the river gorge under the stunning morning light.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its name draws from the Kazakh word for apple, reflecting the wild orchards of the surrounding valleys, which are believed to be the fruit’s birthplace.
    Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The valley in between has few modern structures.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hollywood’s leading performers, venturing into the dark vale of middle age, have often been kindly treated by directors of photography, if not by screenwriters.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
  • EchoStar’s deal last year to sell Dish Network to DirecTV — then majority-owned by AT&T — was scrapped after EchoStar bondholders rejected the debt-exchange terms that would have reduced the vale of their holdings.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Long drives over deep gullies and big ponds come often, and accuracy is always in play.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Key Points Providence Canyon State Park in Georgia features colorful, 150-foot gullies.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Winding through Derbyshire’s limestone dales, the Monsal Trail is an 8.5-mile ribbon cut from the old Midland Railway line.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • But more than 24,000 square miles where these states converge around the Mississippi was untouched by the ice sheets, leaving hills and dales to roll freely, secreting forest-banked rivers and sandstone sentinels.
    Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 26 June 2025

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“Dell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dell. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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