MEANING
A small valley, often sheltered or wooded.
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- wooded dell
- shaded dell
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A wooded dell lay beyond the ridge.
The stream crossed a shaded dell.
They descended into the dell before dusk.
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- dell
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular dell; plural dells. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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