Definition of gulf Gulf
/gʌˈlf/ - [gulf] - gulf
We found 19 definitions of gulf from 8 different sources.
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What does gulf mean?
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NounPlural: gulfs |
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| gulf - an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay | ||
| body of water, water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" | ||
| sea a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land | ||
| gulf - an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy" | ||
| disconnect, disconnection | ||
| gulf - a deep wide chasm | ||
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Wiktionary 
- gulf (Noun)
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin. - gulf (Noun)
That which swallows; the gullet. - gulf (Noun)
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. - gulf (Noun)
A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico or Persian Gulf . - gulf (Noun)
A large deposit of ore in a lode. - gulf (Noun)
A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gulf (n.)
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin, - gulf (n.)
That which swallows; the gullet. - gulf (n.)
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. - gulf (n.)
A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico. - gulf (n.)
A large deposit of ore in a lode.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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gulf
An inlet of the sea of large areal proportions, more indented than a bay and generally more enclosed.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gulf
gulf, n. a hollow or indentation in the sea-coast: a deep place in the earth: an abyss: a whirlpool: anything insatiable: in Oxford and Cambridge examinations, the place of those next to the pass, but not bad enough to fail.—v.t. to engulf.—n. Gulf′-weed, a large olive-brown sea-weed with stalked air-bladders.—adj. Gulf′y, full of gulfs or whirlpools.—Gulf Stream, a great current of warm water flowing out of the Gulf of Mexico through the Strait of Florida, along the eastern coast of the United States of America, then deflected near the banks of Newfoundland diagonally across the Atlantic. [O. Fr. golfe—Late Gr. kolphos—Gr. kolpos, the bosom.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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gulf
golfe, (golfo, Ital.) a broad and capacious bay, comprehended between two promontories, and sometimes taking the name of a sea, when it is very extensive, but particularly when it only communicates with the sea by means of a streight: such are the Euxine, or Black Sea, otherwise called the gulf of Constantinople; the Adriatic Sea, called also the gulf of Venice; the gulf of Sidra near Barbary, and the gulf of Lions near France: all these gulfs are in the Mediterranean: there are besides the gulf of Mexico, the gulf of St. Lawrence, and the gulf of Calliphornia, which are in North America. There are also the gulf of Persia, otherwise called the Red Sea, between Persia and Arabia; the gulf of Bengal in India, and the gulfs of Cochinchina and Kamtschatca, near the countries of the same name.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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gulf
A capacious bay, and sometimes taking the name of a sea when it is very extensive; such are the Euxine or Black Sea, otherwise called the Gulf of Constantinople; the Adriatic Sea, called also the Gulf of Venice; the Mediterranean is itself a prodigious specimen. A gulf is, strictly speaking, distinguished from a sea in being smaller, and from a bay in being larger and deeper than it is broad. It is observed that the sea is always most dangerous near gulfs, from the currents being penned up by the shores.
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