valley
IPA: vˈæɫi
noun
- An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often garnished with a river flowing through it.
- An area which drains itself into a river.
- Any structure resembling one, e.g. the interior angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
- (countable) A surname from landforms.
- A placename:
- A community in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A city in Chambers County, Alabama, United States, on the Georgia state line.
- A city in Nebraska, United States.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Valley Township.
- A village and community in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH2979).
- Ellipsis of San Fernando Valley; a valley of southern California, United States. [A valley and region of Los Angeles County, California north of the Santa Monica Mountains, including the northern part of the city of Los Angeles and the cities of Calabasas, Burbank, Glendale, Hidden Hills, and San Fernando.]
- Ellipsis of Silicon Valley. [(informal) Originally, the region of the San Francisco Bay Area in which there are a high number of industries producing silicon chips; later extended to mean the entire concentration of high-tech businesses in this area.]
verb
- (intransitive, poetic, rare) To form the shape of a valley.
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Examples of "valley" in Sentences
- The districts correspond the river valleys.
- The districts correspond the the river valleys.
- At the heart of the township is the Valley River.
- Any streams in a valley are buried by the overburden.
- The band relates to the fertile valley and the river.
- It lies in the Maurienne, the valley of the River Arc.
- Hungerford is on the River Dun in the Kennet Valley at.
- All the hills are drenched with sunshine, all the valleys.
- It lies at an elevation of, in the valley of the Frenchman River.
- Golden Valley is a sneak peek offered to the beauty of the hills.
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