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gulf

UK/ɡʌlf/ US/ɡɒlf/ fairly common

noun

1.

an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

2.

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”
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Origin

From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), of obscure origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”).

Phrases

  • Gulf Coast
  • Gulf County
  • Gulf Creek
  • Gulf Stream
  • Gulf War
  • Roper Gulf
  • The Gulf

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