Gulf

·noun That which swallows; the gullet.

II. Gulf ·noun A large deposit of ore in a lode.

III. Gulf ·noun A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.

IV. Gulf ·noun That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

V. Gulf ·noun A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.

gulf
, or gulph. A capacious bay, and sometimes taking the name of a sea when it is very extensive; suc...

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bay-gulf
A branch of the sea, of which the entrance is the widest part, as contradistinguished from the strai...

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gulf-stream
Is especially referable to that of Mexico, the waters of which flow in a warm stream at various velo...

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gulf-weed
The Fucus natans, considered to belong to the Gulf Stream, and found floating in the Sargasso Sea in...

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strait gulf
An arm of the sea running into the land through a narrow entrance channel, as the Gulf of Venice. Th...

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wedge-shaped gulf
One which is wide at its entrance, and gradually narrows towards its termination, as that of Califor...

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fetch of a gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point. ...

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