ravine
noun/rəˈviːn/
/rəˈviːn/
- a deep, very narrow valley with steep sides
- The track continued along the bottom of the ravine.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, ‘violent rush (of water)’, from Latin rapina ‘pillage’, from rapere ‘seize’.Definitions on the go
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