Associations to the word «Swale»

Wiktionary

SWALE, noun. A low tract of moist or marshy land.
SWALE, noun. A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
SWALE, noun. A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
SWALE, noun. A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.
SWALE, noun. A shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope). Its purpose being to allow water time to percolate into the soil.
SWALE, noun. (UK) (dialect) A gutter in a candle.
SWALE, verb. Alternative form of sweal (melt and waste away, or singe)

Dictionary definition

SWALE, noun. A low area (especially a marshy area between ridges).

Wise words

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