Gulf
Pronunciation
- IPA: /É¡ÊŒlf/
- Rhymes: -ÊŒlf
Alternative forms
- gulph obsolete
Origin
From French golfe, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος.
Full definition of gulf
Noun
gulf
(plural gulfs)- A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
- MiltonHe then surveyed
Hell and the gulf between. - Bible, Luke xvi. 26Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
- (obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, , IV. i. 23:Witch's mummy, maw and gulf
Of the ravined salt sea shark, - That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
- Tennysona gulf of ruin, swallowing gold
- (geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico or Persian Gulf.
- (mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
- A difference, especially a large difference, between groups
- 2012, September 7, Phil McNulty, Moldova 0-5 England, England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.