Synonyms for gulf

Grammar : Noun

Spell : guhlf

Phonetic Transcription : gʌlf

Top 10 synonyms for gulf

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Définition of gulf

Origin : late 14c., "profound depth;" geographic sense is c.1400; from Old French golf "a gulf, whirlpool," from Italian golfo "a gulf, a bay," from Late Latin colfos, from Greek kolpos "bay, gulf," earlier "trough between waves, fold of a garment," originally "bosom," the common notion being "curved shape," from PIE *kwelp- "to arch, to vault" (cf. Old English hwealf, a-hwielfan "to overwhelm"). Latin sinus underwent the same development, being used first for "bosom," later for "gulf." Replaced Old English sæ-earm. Figurative sense of "a wide interval" is from 1550s. The Gulf Stream (1775) takes its name from the Gulf of Mexico.

noun sea inlet
noun deep, gaping hole

Example sentences :

Settlements have been established on the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

The gulf which separates parents and children is one which the parents must cross.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

As a matter of fact, we dig a gulf between the material and the spiritual which does not exist.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

She passed listlessly out, and down the path toward the gulf.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

For her sake—for your Fanny's sake—pause, like me, before the gulf swallow us.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Of a sudden she realized how wide had become the gulf between them now.
Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

We can't be more than two or three hundred miles from the Gulf.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

Note: This legend comes from Dschungschong, west of the gulf of Kiautschou.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Thee has made the gulf between us so wide that it cannot be crossed.
Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor

Do you know what trying to bridge such a gulf as this is like?
Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

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