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gulf
English
Alternative forms
- gulph (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?lf, IPA(key): /??lf/
- Rhymes: -?lf
- Homophone: golf (some speakers)
Noun
gulf (plural gulfs)
- A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
- (obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, IV. i. 23:
- Witch's mummy, maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark,
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, IV. i. 23:
- That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
- (geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea
- (mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
- (figuratively) A wide interval or gap; a separating space.
- Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
- (figuratively) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
- (Oxbridge slang) The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (difference): abyss
Translations
Verb
gulf (third-person singular simple present gulfs, present participle gulfing, simple past and past participle gulfed)
- (Oxbridge slang, transitive) To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.
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cavity
English
Etymology
From Middle English cavity, from Middle French cavité, from Late Latin cavitas, from Latin cavus (“hollow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæv?ti/
- (US) IPA(key): [?k?æv??i]
Noun
cavity (plural cavities)
- A hole or hollow depression.
- A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).
- (dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hole
- (dentistry): caries
Derived terms
Related terms
- cave
- concave
- excavate
- excavation
- excavator
Translations
Further reading
- cavity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- cavity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- cavity at OneLook Dictionary Search
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- what cavity contains the heart and lungs
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