Gulf

  • 11gulf — [n1] sea inlet basin, bay, bayou, bight, cove, firth, harbor, slough, sound, whirlpool; concepts 509,514 gulf [n2] deep, gaping hole abyss, breach, cave, cavity, chasm, cleft, crevasse, depth, depths, distance, expanse, gap, gulch, hiatus, hollow …

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  • 12gulf — ► NOUN 1) a deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth. 2) a deep ravine, chasm, or abyss. 3) a substantial difference between two people, concepts, or situations. ORIGIN Italian golfo, from Greek kolpos bosom, gulf …

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  • 13gulf — index hiatus, split Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 14gulf — gulflike, adj. gulfy, adj. /gulf/, n. 1. a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land. 2. a deep hollow; chasm or abyss. 3. any wide separation, as in position, status, or education. 4. something that engulfs or swallows up. v.t. 5. to… …

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  • 15gulf — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, enormous, great, huge, unbridgeable, vast, wide, yawning ▪ growing …

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  • 16Gulf — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Gulf », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le nom Gulf peut désigner : Gulf (Papouasie… …

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  • 17Gulf of Ob — For other uses, see Ob (disambiguation). Coordinates: 68°50′N 73°30′E / 68.833°N 73.5°E / 68.833; 73.5 …

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  • 18gulf — n. 1) a wide, yawning gulf 2) a gulf between (a wide gulf between generations) * * * [gʌlf] yawning gulf a wide a gulf between (a wide gulf between generations) …

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  • 19Gulf — ♦♦♦ N PROPER: the N, oft N n The Gulf is used to refer to the Arabian Gulf, the Persian Gulf and the surrounding countries. ...the Gulf crisis... Despite the Gulf war, oil continued to flow. ...the oil wells of the Gulf …

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  • 20gulf — UK [ɡʌlf] / US noun [countable] Word forms gulf : singular gulf plural gulfs 1) a large and important difference between people or groups trying to close the widening gulf between the rich and the poor 2) a large area of sea that is almost… …

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