dell

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a small wooded hollow

Etymology

From Middle English delle, del, from Old English dell (“small dale”), from Proto-West Germanic *dalljā, from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *dolъ (“below, down; valley, pit”), Welsh dôl (“meadow, dale”) and English dale.

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