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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A small, secluded valley.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A narrow valley; a dale; a depression or hollow between hills.
  2. n. Synonyms Ravine, Gorge, etc. See valley.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)

Etymologies

  1. From Scottish Gaelic gleann ("mountain valley"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Scottish Gaelic gleann, from Old Irish glenn. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Lou Dobbs will probably join glen beck at fox. .where he belongs. scott oneill”

    John King to replace Lou Dobbs

  • “Large wooden columns define both Surrey and Arena, and the inclined glass wall that links the Chan to its forest glen is also repurposed in Thom's Washington design.”

    The Washington Post: Profile of Vancouver architect Bing Thom

  • “The name glen plaid was derived from the valley of Glen Urquhart in Inverness-shire, Scotland.”

    Archive 2007-02-01

  • “And hence they call the glen "The Cuagh Oir," The Glen of the Cup of Gold.”

    Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail

  • “The glen was a peaceful place to live and free from most of the raiding and feuding that plagued the Highlands, thanks to being situated in a remote and naturally defensive valley, but it still had its dangers.”

    Simon & Schuster: My Devilish Scotsman

  • “At a little distance up the glen was a small and stunted wood of birch; the hills were high and heathy, but without any variety of surface; so that the whole view was wild and desolate rather than grand and solitary.”

    Waverley

  • “I turned aside, and there below me in the glen was the lonesome grey church, the porch where I had waited for the coming of the woman in white, the hills encircling the quiet burial-ground, the brook bubbling cold over its stony bed.”

    The Woman in White

  • “The glen which was to afford us access to it, we named Glenfinlass: it might, perhaps, be properly termed the glen of many windings, as it was formed of several detached lofty hills; between each of which deep ravines were formed, communicating in times of rain their waters to this main one.”

    Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales

  • “After the traumas and shortages of the war years the glen is a haven of peace, and a steady supply of milk, eggs, fish, mutton and venison goes a long way to make up for threadbare carpets and unmended pipes and the eccentricities of the plumbing.”

    Rose cottage

  • “They were in what he supposed was called a glen, or maybe a meadow; he wasn't sure of the proper term.”

    Villains by Necessity

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. dale
  1. valley

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. valley
  1. vale

same context (23)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. glade
  2. ravine
  3. dell
  4. vale
  1. nook
  2. solitudes
  3. crag
  4. copse
  1. knoll
  2. chasm
  3. waterfall
  4. hillside
  1. grove
  2. meadow
  3. dingle
  4. dale
  1. grotto
  2. valley
  3. headland
  4. moor
  1. cove
  2. isle
  3. brook

rhymes (68)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Adrienne
  2. Amen
  3. Ben
  4. Cayenne
  5. Chen
  6. Cheyenne
  7. Den
  8. Gen
  9. Glenn
  10. Gwen
  11. Jen
  12. Jenn
  13. Ken
  1. Len
  2. Madeleine
  3. N
  4. Nguyen
  5. Penn
  6. Sen
  7. Sten
  8. Wen
  9. Wren
  10. Zen
  11. again
  12. amen
  13. anchormen
  1. ben
  2. benne
  3. bren
  4. cayenne
  5. comedienne
  6. councilmen
  7. den
  8. en
  9. fen
  10. gen
  11. gren
  12. handymen
  13. hen
  1. henne
  2. ken
  3. lawmen
  4. len
  5. madeleine
  6. men
  7. n
  8. n.
  9. oilmen
  10. patrolmen
  11. pen
  12. penn
  13. phen
  1. pitchmen
  2. ren
  3. renne
  4. sen
  5. senn
  6. ten
  7. then
  8. un
  9. venn
  10. wen
  11. when
  12. wren
  13. yen
  1. yene
  2. yuen
  3. zen

reverse dictionary (23)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. glyn
  2. glen-weed
  3. glinne
  4. den
  1. heugh
  2. kloof
  3. cañada
  4. engroove
  1. ghyll
  2. gill
  3. dell
  4. dimble
  1. glacière
  2. how
  3. Mamet
  4. Powell
  1. Lake Powell
  2. clough
  3. dale
  4. pocket
  1. romantic
  2. solitary
  3. umbrageous

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  • beautifulpyre Also called a hollow or holler! Apr 30, 2009

  • bilby
    My savage journey, curious, I pursue,
    Till fam'd Breadalbane opens to my view. -
    The meeting cliffs each deep-sunk glen divides,
    The woods wild scatter'd, clothe their ample sides;
    Th' outstretching lake, imbosomed 'mong the hills,
    The eye with wonder and amazement fills;
    The Tay meand'ring sweet in infant pride,
    The palace rising on his verdant side,
    The lawns wood-fring'd in Nature's native taste,
    The hillocks dropt in Nature's careless haste,
    The arches striding o'er the new-born stream,
    The village glittering in the noontide beam-
    - Robert Burns, 'Verses Written With A Pencil Over the Chimney-piece in the Parlour of the Inn at Kenmore, Taymouth'. Jan 28, 2009

  • rolig glén
    Slovene: silt, slime Dec 17, 2008

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