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The synonyms of “Vale” are: valley
Vale as a Noun
Definitions of "Vale" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “vale” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.
- A valley (used in place names or as a poetic term.
Synonyms of "Vale" as a noun (1 Word)
| valley | An internal angle formed by the intersecting planes of a roof, or by the slope of a roof and a wall. The valley floor. |
Usage Examples of "Vale" as a noun
- The Vale of Glamorgan.
Associations of "Vale" (30 Words)
| arroyo | A steep-sided gully formed by the action of fast-flowing water in an arid or semi-arid region, found chiefly in the south-western US. |
| beck | A beckoning gesture. |
| brae | A slope or hillside. A figure was spied struggling up the brae. |
| brook | Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. The Lake District boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks. |
| canyon | A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall. The Grand Canyon. |
| cascade | Rush down in big quantities like a cascade. A sudden cascade of sparks. |
| chasm | A deep opening in the earth’s surface. The chasm between rich and poor. |
| clay | A hardened clay surface for a tennis court. This lifeless clay. |
| cliff | A steep high face of rock. He stood on a high cliff overlooking the town. |
| creek | A narrow, sheltered waterway, especially an inlet in a shoreline or channel in a marsh. A sandy beach in a sheltered creek. |
| foothill | A low hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range. The camp lies in the foothills of the Andes. |
| ford | A shallow area in a stream that can be forded. |
| glen | A narrow valley, especially in Scotland or Ireland. |
| gorge | Eat a large amount greedily; fill oneself with food. They gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas. |
| gradient | An inclined part of a road or railway; a slope. Fail safe brakes for use on steep gradients. |
| hill | Form into a hill. They were climbing a steep hill in low gear. |
| incised | Cut into with a sharp instrument. An incised design. |
| lamprey | Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue. |
| marsh | New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982. Marsh plants. |
| mound | A collection of objects laid on top of each other. A mound of dirty crockery. |
| precipice | A very steep cliff. We swerved toward the edge of the precipice. |
| ravine | A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water. |
| rift | A major fault separating blocks of the earth s surface a rift valley. The rift between the two branches of the legal profession. |
| river | Used in names of animals and plants living in or associated with rivers e g river dolphin. River pollution. |
| steep | A steep mountain slope. Steep the blossoms in oil. |
| stream | Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously. The raft floated downstream on the current. |
| thames | The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea. |
| valley | A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it. The valley floor. |
| waterfall | Relating to or denoting a method of project management that is characterized by sequential stages and a fixed plan of work. Each phase of a waterfall project must be complete prior to moving to the next phase. |
