dell
pronunciation
How to pronounce dell in British English:
UK [del]
How to pronounce dell in American English:
US [dɛl]
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- Noun:
- a small wooded hollow
Word Origin
- dell
- dell: see dale
- dell (n.1)
- Old English dell "dell, hollow, dale" (perhaps lost and then borrowed in Middle English from cognate Middle Dutch/Middle Low German delle), from Proto-Germanic *daljo (cognates: German Delle "dent, depression," Gothic ib-dalja "slope of a mountain"); related to dale (q.v.).
- dell (n.2)
- rogue's cant 16c.-17c. for "a young girl of the vagrant class," of uncertain origin. A Dell is a yonge wenche, able for generation, and not yet knowen or broken by the vpright man. ... [W]hen they have beene lyen with all by the vpright man then they be Doxes, and no Dells. [Thomas Harman, "A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors," 1567]
Example
- 1. Hp and dell have similar supplier code-of-conduct statements .
- 2. He is both dell 's chief executive and also a big shareholder .
- 3. Then dell moved into retail distribution , undermining its " direct " distribution position .
- 4. What did dell do next ?
- 5. He said dell is cooperating with investigators .