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dell

/dɛl/

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What does dell mean?

noun

  1. A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
More meanings (4)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Faribault County, Minnesota.
  2. An unincorporated community in Benton County, Missouri.
  3. A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.

noun

  1. (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.

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IPA pronunciation

/dɛl/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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There is always a bosky dell in the foreground, and a purple crag embellished with a ruined tower at a proper angle.
Henry JamesConfidenceProject Gutenberg ebook #178
The two houses, with their vineyards, stood each in a green niche of its own in this steep and narrow forest dell.
Robert Louis StevensonThe Silverado SquattersProject Gutenberg ebook #516
More book examples (3)
‘This doxy dell can cut ben whids, And wap well for a win, And prig and cloy so benshiply, All daisy-ville within.
George BorrowThe Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of SpainProject Gutenberg ebook #565
She followed him behind the dell of brambles to his wheeled dwelling into which Venn mounted, placing the three-legged stool just within the door.
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122
On one side of the church extends a wide woody dell, along which raves a large brook among broken rocks and trunks of fallen trees.
Washington IrvingThe Legend of Sleepy HollowProject Gutenberg ebook #41