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Inflections of 'valley' (n): npl: valleys

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
val•ley /ˈvæli/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -leys. 
  1. Geographya long, narrow area that is lower than surrounding uplands, hills, or mountains.
  2. Geographya wide, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a river system.
  3. a low point or low time in any process or situation:peaks and valleys in the stock market.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
val•ley  (val′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -leys. 
  1. Geographyan elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream.
  2. Geographyan extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
  3. Geographyany depression or hollow resembling a valley.
  4. a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation.
  5. any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like:the valley of despair.
  6. Architecturea depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.
  7. Physicsthe lower phase of a horizontal wave motion.
  • Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate1
  • Old French valee, equivalent. to val vale1 + -ee
  • Middle English valeie, valey 1250–1300
val′ley•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
valley /ˈvælɪ/ n
  1. a long depression in the land surface, usually containing a river, formed by erosion or by movements in the earth's crust
  2. the broad area drained by a single river system: the Thames valley
  3. any elongated depression resembling a valley
  4. the junction of a roof slope with another or with a wall
  5. (modifier) relating to or proceeding by way of a valley
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French valee, from Latin vallis
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