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gulf
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- pronunciation:
- guhlf
- features:
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a large area of ocean partly surrounded by land.
The part of the Atlantic Ocean that touches the southern United States and Mexico is a gulf called the Gulf of Mexico.
- synonyms:
- sea
- similar words:
- bay, cove, estuary, inlet, lagoon, mouth, ocean, sound
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| definition 2: |
a deep crack in the earth's surface.
- synonyms:
- abyss, chasm
- similar words:
- black hole, canyon, gorge, pit, ravine
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| definition 3: |
a large difference.
There is a gulf between what I think of as a clean room and what my mother thinks of as a clean room.- synonyms:
- breach
- similar words:
- abyss, pit
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| related words: |
chasm, gully |
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