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[syn: dell, dingle]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dell \Dell\, n. [AS. del, akin to E. dale; cf. D. delle, del,
low ground. See Dale.]
1. A small, retired valley; a ravine.
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In dells and dales, concealed from human sight.
--Tickell.
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2. A young woman; a wench. [Obs.]
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Sweet doxies and dells. --B. Jonson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dell
n 1: a small wooded hollow [syn: dell, dingle]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "dell":
abysm, abyss, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, box canyon,
breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink,
cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny,
crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, dale, defile, dike, dingle, ditch,
donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture,
furrow, gap, gape, gash, gill, glen, gorge, groove, grove, gulch,
gulf, gully, hole, incision, intervale, joint, kloof, leak,
lunar rill, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, ravine,
rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, seam, slit, slot, split,
strath, trench, trough, vale, valley, void, wadi
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Dell, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 251
Housing Units (2000): 121
Land area (2000): 0.888456 sq. miles (2.301091 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.888456 sq. miles (2.301091 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18160
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.856818 N, 90.040113 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 72426
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dell, AR
Dell