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dells

/dɛlz/

dells is the plural of dell.

Meaning of dell

Noun (1)

dell (plural dells)

  1. A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow.
    • To this day they dwell
      In a lonely dell.1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50
    Synonyms:
    dale, dingle, vale, valley

Noun (2)

dell (plural dells)

  1. (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
    • Sweet doxies and dells1621 August 13 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Masque of the Gypsies”, in Q. Horatius Flaccus: His Art of Poetry. […], London: […] J[ohn] Okes, for John Benson […]...

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Proper noun capitalized: Dells

Dells

  1. Wisconsin Dells

Origin of dells

Clipping of Wisconsin Dells.

Phrases with dells

Words that rhyme with dells

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about dells

What does dells mean?
Dells means wisconsin Dells.
What is dells the plural of?
Dells is the plural of dell.
What part of speech is dells?
Dells is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dells?
Dells is pronounced /dɛlz/.

Words near dells in the dictionary

  1. Dellingr
  2. Dellionaire
  3. Dellionaires
  4. Dellis Cay
  5. Dellmuth
  6. dells
  7. Dellwood
  8. delly
  9. Delma
  10. delmadinone
  11. Delman

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