Volley vs. Valley

Volleynoun

The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.

Volleynoun

A burst or emission of many things at once.

Volleynoun

(sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces.

Volleynoun

(sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.

Volleynoun

(cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

Volleyverb

(transitive) To fire a volley of shots

Volleyverb

To hit the ball before it touches the ground

Volleyverb

(intransitive) To be fired in a volley

Volleyverb

To make a volley

Volleyverb

To sound together

Volleynoun

A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.

Volleynoun

A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words.

Volleynoun

A return of the ball before it touches the ground.

Volleyverb

To discharge with, or as with, a volley.

Volleyverb

To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys.

Volleyverb

To return the ball before it touches the ground.

Volleynoun

rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms;

Volleynoun

a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces

Volleyverb

be dispersed in a volley;

Volleyverb

hit before it touches the ground;

Volleyverb

discharge in, or as if in, a volley;

Volleyverb

make a volley

Volleyverb

utter rapidly;

Valleynoun

An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.

Valleynoun

The area which drains into a river.

Valleynoun

Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.

Valleynoun

The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

Valleynoun

The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.

Valleynoun

The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reëntrant angle.

Valleynoun

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

Valleynoun

a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it

Valleynoun

an internal angle formed by the intersecting planes of a roof, or by the slope of a roof and a wall.

Valley

A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period of time.