valley
- noun
- A2
- Top 3000
The low ground that lies between two hills or mountains, often with a river or a road along the bottom of it.
A single railway line runs the whole length of the valley.
Cold air settles in the valley, so frost comes early.
Vineyards cover the warm slopes on both sides of the valley.
The wind dropped as soon as we descended into the valley.
Common collocations: a deep valley · a narrow valley · the valley floor · a river valley · down the valley · in the valley below
Part of: Landscape
Forms
- plural
- valleys