Valley (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural val·leys.
  1. an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
  2. an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
  3. any 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. a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.
  7. the lower phase of a horizontal wave motion.
noun
  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
  3. any elongated depression resembling a valley
  4. the junction of a roof slope with another or with a wall
  5. relating to or proceeding by way of a valley
    Valley (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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