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glens

/ɡlɛnz/

glens is the plural of glen.

Meaning of glen

Noun

glen (plural glens)

  1. A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.
    • What riches too, of gold and jewels, might not be hidden among those forest-shrouded glens and peaks? And beyond, and beyond again, ever new islands, new continents perhaps, an inexhaustible wealth of yet undiscovered worlds.1871, Charles Kingsley, “Down the Islands”, in At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. […], volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 41

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Noun capitalized: Glens

Glens

  1. (plural) plural of Glen

Phrases with glens

Words that rhyme with glens

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Questions about glens

What is glens the plural of?
Glens is the plural of glen.
What part of speech is glens?
Glens is a noun.
How do you pronounce glens?
Glens is pronounced /ɡlɛnz/.

Words near glens in the dictionary

  1. Glenrock
  2. Glenrothes
  3. Glenrowan
  4. Glenrowan West
  5. Glenroy
  6. glens
  7. Glens Falls
  8. Glenshee
  9. glent
  10. glented
  11. Glenthompson

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