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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.
gulf From the web:
- what gulf is on canada’s northeast coast
- what gulfs are in southeast asia
- what gulf is to the south of alaska
- what gulf fish are in season
- what gulf beach is closest to orlando
- what gulf means
- what gulf is south of mississippi
- what gulf separates sweden from finland
waterway
English
Etymology
From Middle English waterwey, from Old English wæterwe? (“waterway”), equivalent to water +? way. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), German Wasserweg (“waterway”), Danish vandvej (“waterway”), Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”).
Noun
waterway (plural waterways)
- A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
- A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water.
Translations
waterway From the web:
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- what waterways are significant in southern europe
- what waterways are significant in central europe
- what waterways are significant in northern europe
- what waterways are significant in western europe
- what waterway separates europe from asia
- what waterway is the statue of liberty in
- what waterway feeds niagara falls
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