dene

noun, British

Synonyms and Antonyms of DENE

an area of lowland between hills or mountains <there are some deeply wooded denes in that part of Northumberland>

Synonyms dale, dene [British], hollow, vale

Related Words canyon (also cañon), combe (also coombe or coomb) [British], dell, depression, dingle, glen, gorge, gulch, gully (also gulley), kloof [South African], ravine, rift valley; basin, bowl

Near Antonyms alp, mount, mountain, peak; height, mountaintop, pinnacle, summit; plateau, tableland

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