dales
/deɪlz/
dales is the plural of dale.
Meaning of dale
Noun (1)
dale (plural dales)
- A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
- And we will all the pleasures prove / That hills and valleys, dales and fields, / Woods, or steepy mountain yieldsc. 1587, Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
- The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
- Antonyms:
- hill
Noun (2)
dale (plural dales)
- A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
- 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.1853, John Fincham, An Outline of Ship Building in Four Parts, page 40
Proper noun capitalized: Dales
Dales pl (plural only)
- The Yorkshire Dales, an upland area, in Northern England.
- A surname.
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Words that rhyme with dales
Questions about dales
- What does dales mean?
- Dales means the Yorkshire Dales, an upland area, in Northern England.
- What is dales the plural of?
- Dales is the plural of dale.
- What part of speech is dales?
- Dales is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dales?
- Dales is pronounced /deɪlz/.
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