vales

Dips between hills

Vales is the plural of vale, a literary or poetic word for valley: Through vales and over mountains they journeyed.

The word survives mainly in place names and elevated prose.

The phrase vale of tears describes earthly life as a place of sorrow and hardship.

landform

glen

Narrow wooded valley

basin · canyon · gorge · ravine · gully · lowland · depression · trough · defile · notch

poetic

pastoral

Of countryside or clergy care

verdant · rustic · tranquil · serene · rolling · meadows · dales · glens · countryside · landscape

scenic

panorama

Unobstructed wide-angle view

scenery · splendor · beauty · hills · terrain · escarpment · ridgeline · horizon · sweeping · majestic

Categories
Opposites
topographical elevation

valeshills

Low natural elevations

peaks · mountains · ridges · summits · heights

Phrases
Family

valley, valleys, validate, valuation, valance, vale

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G