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dingles

dingles is the plural of dingle.

Meaning of dingle

Noun

dingle (plural dingles)

  1. A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
    • Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at...1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, “Chapter 4”, in The Two Towers, Book III

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Noun capitalized: Dingles

Dingles

  1. (plural) plural of Dingle

Questions about dingles

What is dingles the plural of?
Dingles is the plural of dingle.
What part of speech is dingles?
Dingles is a noun.

Words near dingles in the dictionary

  1. dingle-dangle
  2. dingleberries
  3. dingleberry
  4. dinglehopper
  5. dinglehoppers
  6. dingles
  7. dingless
  8. Dingley
  9. Dingley Village
  10. Dingman
  11. Dingmann

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