Thesaurus: vale

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1. n. A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
2. n. See 2d Vail, 3.
3. n. a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
4. A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. " Make me a cottage in the vale." Tennyson. Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. Montgomery. In those fair vales, by nature formed to please. Harte. Note: Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse. Syn. -- Valley; dingle; dell; dale. See 2d Vail, 3.
5. A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. "Make me a cottage in the vale." Tennyson.Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. Montgomery.In those fair vales, by nature formed to please. Harte.
6. n:100 n a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river