vale

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/veɪl/
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/veɪl/ · [veɪɫ] · /ˈvɑːleɪ/

Definition of vale

11 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (poetic)A valley.
    “In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease,”
    “"Make me a cottage in the vale," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray.”
    “Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above,”
    “The short sweet turfage of the hills renders "Portland mutton" almost as famous as Welsh, while the luxuriance of the vales lends itself to the breeding of fine cattle.”
    “But now a cry went up, passing up the wind from the south from vale to vale, and Elves and Men lifted their voices in wonder and joy.”
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noun

  1. (poetic)A valley.
    “In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease,”
    “"Make me a cottage in the vale," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray.”
    “Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above,”
    “The short sweet turfage of the hills renders "Portland mutton" almost as famous as Welsh, while the luxuriance of the vales lends itself to the breeding of fine cattle.”
    “But now a cry went up, passing up the wind from the south from vale to vale, and Elves and Men lifted their voices in wonder and joy.”

intj

  1. Farewell.
    “Vale, Sarah Smith”

name

  1. (informal)Port Vale FC.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. A place in the United States:
  6. A place in the United States:
  7. A place in the United States:
  8. A small settlement near Cornholme, Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9126).
  9. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English vale, from Old French val (“valley”), from Latin vallis, valles.

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