Synonyms for dell
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : del |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɛl |
Définition of dell
Origin :- Old English dell "dell, hollow, dale" (perhaps lost and then borrowed in Middle English from cognate Middle Dutch/Middle Low German delle), from Proto-Germanic *daljo (cf. German Delle "dent, depression," Gothic ib-dalja "slope of a mountain"); related to dale (q.v.).
- noun valley
- "Well, I do think it's awfully good, Dell," began the Countess.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- We can't do that, Dell; we got to stay here and feed this gang once more.
- Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
- I am sorry to trouble you; but I really am unable to leave the Dell.
- Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)
- "I have left it behind me in the dell," she said, blushing and hanging her head.
- Extract from : « Sandman's Goodnight Stories » by Abbie Phillips Walker
- "Dell wasn't elected to the office," Judge Thayer explained.
- Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
- Judge Thayer introduced this man as Dell Hutton, county treasurer.
- Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
- I think he wooed her at noon-tide, down by the riverside, or by the spring in the dell.
- Extract from : « Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales » by Robert L. Taylor
- The dell at the top of the grounds was Hester's favourite haunt.
- Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
- And, hidden in a dell in the forest, they came upon two women.
- Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum
- Und now, my younger vrient, I will dell you zomedings to dell dem bruder.
- Extract from : « Diamond Dyke » by George Manville Fenn
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