Antonyms for coulee


Grammar : Noun
Spell : koo-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈku li


Definition of coulee

Origin :
  • "deep ravine, seasonally flooded," 1804, a North American word, originally in areas explored by French trappers, from French coulée "flow" (17c.), from fem. past participle of couler "to flow," from Latin colare "to filter, strain" (see colander).
  • As in ravine : noun gap in earth's surface
  • As in valley : noun hollow in the land
  • As in canyon : noun gulf in mountain area
  • As in lava : noun volcano matter
Example sentences :
  • It was the only course to pursue with anyone from Denson coulee.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • No spear of grass was visible and the rock floor of the coulee was baked and dry.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • We lost one in the river, an' the other pulled us ashore, an' then beat it up the coulee.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • From the rim of the coulee, the man gazed about him, searching for a familiar landmark.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • Near the mouth of the coulee he crawled through a wire fence.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • Only one horse had gone up the coulee—and he had that horse.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • Couldn't see you from down in the coulee when I fired at that bird.
  • Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl
  • There's no trail, an' it's up one coulee an' down another till you get there.
  • Extract from : « The Gold Girl » by James B. Hendryx
  • All seven of them fell close around the mouth of the coulee.
  • Extract from : « Rising Wolf the White Blackfoot » by James Willard Schultz
  • It seemed a long time since the fugitives had gone down into the coulee.
  • Extract from : « South from Hudson Bay » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill

Synonyms for coulee

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