gulfs
Meaning of gulfs
plural noun
- a deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.
- a deep ravine, chasm, or abyss.
- a large difference or division between two people or groups, or between viewpoints, concepts, or situatios.
the widening gulf between the rich and the poor
late Middle English: from Old French golfe, from Italian golfo, based on Greek kolpos ‘bosom, gulf’.
Information about gulfs
- It is a name.
- The singular form of gulfs is: gulf.
- Languages in which gulfs is used:
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Hyphenation of gulfs
gulfs
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- gulfs is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
gulfs synonyms
Meaning a small arm of the sea, a lake, or a river:
Meaning a narrow, sheltered waterway, especially an inlet in a shoreline or channel in a marsh:
Meaning a curve or recess in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature:
Meaning a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley:
Meaning the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream:
Meaning vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear:
Meaning a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inwards:
Meaning a small sheltered bay:
Meaning a narrow inlet of the sea; an estuary:
Meaning archaic spelling of firth:
Meaning a small bay or creek in Orkney or Shetland:
Meaning a long, narrow inlet formed by the partial submergence of a river valley:
Meaning a group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership:
Meaning a band or bracelet worn around the upper part of a person's arm:
Meaning a space or gap that allows passage or access:
Meaning a difference, especially an undesirable one, between two views or situations:
Meaning a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth:
Meaning past and past participle of cleave1:
Meaning a tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain:
Meaning a crack, split, or break in something:
Meaning a deep open crack, especially one in a glacier:
Meaning a hollow place in a solid body or surface:
Meaning a large hole in the ground:
Meaning an empty space within a solid object:
Meaning a deep fissure in the earth's surface:
Meaning a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm:
Meaning a completely empty space:
Meaning a deep, narrow gorge with steep sides:
Meaning a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it:
Meaning a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America:
Meaning a ravine formed by the action of water:
Meaning the process or state of diverging:
Meaning the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association:
Meaning the property of having poles or being polar:
Meaning a boundary between two things:
Meaning the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated:
Meaning the process of distinguishing between two or more things:
Meaning a point or way in which people or things are dissimilar:
Meaning a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief:
Meaning a break in relations:
Meaning the action of ending a connection or relationship:
Meaning an instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely:
Meaning a separation between things which were or ought to be connected:
Meaning the action or state of cutting or being cut:
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