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1. | The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively. | ||||||||||
2. | (Arch.) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reëntrant angle.
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Noun | 1. | valley - a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river Synonyms: vale |