Dale

Quick meaning: Dale is a noun meaning The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

Meaning

The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

More Meanings

1. (chiefly British, slightly dated outside Yorkshire etc.) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
2. (archaic) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.

Example Sentences

Over hill, over dale / As we hit the dusty trail, / And those caissons go rolling along.

And we will all the pleasures prove / That hills and valleys, dales and fields, / Woods, or steepy mountain yields

The pump-dale scupper is that to which the dale leads, that conveys the water from the pumps to the side on the lower deck of large ships.

Five miles meandering with a mazy motion, / Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, / Then reached the caverns measureless to man, / And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: [...]

Word Forms

• dales

Synonyms for dale

Depending on context, synonyms include dell, dells, vale.

Antonyms for dale

Common opposites include hill.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include glen, dell, valley, moory, dyer, dial.

Related Dictionary Tools