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DALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An open river valley (in a hilly area)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("dale" is a kind of...):
vale; valley (a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)