glen

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Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun glen has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

glenn. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glyn a deep valley, Ir. & Gael. gleann valley, glen.].
     A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.  [1913 Webster]
    "And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen."

OXFORD DICTIONARY

glen, n. a narrow valley.

Etymology
Gael. & Ir. gleann

THESAURUS

glen

bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, combe, dale, dell, dingle, gap, gill, grove, intervale, lunar rill, pass, ravine, strath, trench, trough, vale, valley, wadi

ROGET THESAURUS

glen

Concavity

N concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.


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