Definition of gulf, Meaning of gulf, Translation of gulf

Arabian Gulf Click to Search Arabian Gulf
noun a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world • Syn: Persian Gulf • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Arabian Sea • Part Meronyms: Bahrain, Bahrain Island, Bahrein, Bahrein Island

gulf Click to Search gulf
noun 1. an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: body of water, water • Instance Hyponyms: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Antalya, Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Akaba, Gulf of Bothnia, Gulf of California, Sea of Cortes, Gulf of Campeche, Golfo de Campeche, Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Carpentaria, Carpentaria, Gulf of Corinth, Gulf of Lepanto, Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Martaban, Gulf of Mexico, Golfo de Mexico, Gulf of Ob, Bay of Ob, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Riga, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Gulf of Sidra, Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Tehuantepec, Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Siam, Gulf of Venice, Persian Gulf, Arabian Gulf • Part Holonyms: sea 2. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) (Freq. 1) - example : he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends - example : there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy • Syn: disconnect, disconnection • Hypernyms: disparity 3. a deep wide chasm • Hypernyms: chasm

Gulf Coast Click to Search Gulf Coast
noun a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico • Instance Hypernyms: seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast • Part Holonyms: Gulf of Mexico, Golfo de Mexico

Gulf of Aden Click to Search Gulf of Aden
noun arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Indian Ocean

Gulf of Aegina Click to Search Gulf of Aegina
noun a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece • Syn: Saronic Gulf • Instance Hypernyms: inlet, recess • Part Holonyms: Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas

Gulf of Akaba Click to Search Gulf of Akaba
noun a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia • Syn: Gulf of Aqaba • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Red Sea

Gulf of Alaska Click to Search Gulf of Alaska
noun a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Pacific, Pacific Ocean

Gulf of Antalya Click to Search Gulf of Antalya
noun a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea

Gulf of Aqaba Click to Search Gulf of Aqaba
noun a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia • Syn: Gulf of Akaba • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Red Sea

Gulf of Bothnia Click to Search Gulf of Bothnia
noun a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Baltic, Baltic Sea • Part Meronyms: Aland islands, Aaland islands, Ahvenanmaa

Gulf of California Click to Search Gulf of California
noun a gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico • Syn: Sea of Cortes • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Mexico, United Mexican States

Gulf of Campeche Click to Search Gulf of Campeche
noun a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan • Syn: Golfo de Campeche, Bay of Campeche • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Mexico, United Mexican States, Gulf of Mexico, Golfo de Mexico

Gulf of Carpentaria Click to Search Gulf of Carpentaria
noun a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia • Syn: Carpentaria • Instance Hypernyms: gulf, Australia • Part Holonyms: Australia, Commonwealth of Australia

Gulf of Corinth Click to Search Gulf of Corinth
noun inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus • Syn: Gulf of Lepanto • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Ionian Sea

Gulf of Finland Click to Search Gulf of Finland
noun an eastern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Finland and Estonia • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Baltic, Baltic Sea

Gulf of Guinea Click to Search Gulf of Guinea
noun a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean • Part Meronyms: Bioko, Bight of Benin

Gulf of Lepanto Click to Search Gulf of Lepanto
noun inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus • Syn: Gulf of Corinth • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Ionian Sea

Gulf of Martaban Click to Search Gulf of Martaban
noun an arm of the Andaman Sea off southern Myanmar • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Andaman Sea

Gulf of Mexico Click to Search Gulf of Mexico
noun an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico • Syn: Golfo de Mexico • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean • Part Meronyms: Galveston Bay, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Campeche, Golfo de Campeche, Bay of Campeche, Mobile Bay, Tampa Bay

Gulf of Ob Click to Search Gulf of Ob
noun an inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia • Syn: Bay of Ob • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Siberia, Kara Sea

Gulf of Oman Click to Search Gulf of Oman
noun an arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Arabian Sea

Gulf of Riga Click to Search Gulf of Riga
noun an inlet of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Baltic, Baltic Sea

Gulf of Saint Lawrence Click to Search Gulf of Saint Lawrence
noun an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada • Syn: Gulf of St. Lawrence • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Siam Click to Search Gulf of Siam
noun an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula • Syn: Gulf of Thailand • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: South China Sea

Gulf of Sidra Click to Search Gulf of Sidra
noun wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea

Gulf of St. Lawrence Click to Search Gulf of St. Lawrence
noun an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada • Syn: Gulf of Saint Lawrence • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Suez Click to Search Gulf of Suez
noun a northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Red Sea

Gulf of Tehuantepec Click to Search Gulf of Tehuantepec
noun an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Mexico, United Mexican States

Gulf of Thailand Click to Search Gulf of Thailand
noun an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula • Syn: Gulf of Siam • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: South China Sea

Gulf of Venice Click to Search Gulf of Venice
noun an arm of the Adriatic Sea • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Adriatic, Adriatic Sea

Gulf States Click to Search Gulf States
noun 1. a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas • Instance Hypernyms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region • Part Holonyms: South • Part Meronyms: Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL, Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL, Louisiana, Pelican State, LA, Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS, Texas, Lone-Star State, TX 2. the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf • Instance Hypernyms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region • Part Meronyms: Bahrain, State of Bahrain, Bahrein, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia, Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak, Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Koweit, Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman, Qatar, State of Qatar, Katar, State of Katar, Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Gulf stream Click to Search Gulf stream
noun a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean • Hypernyms: ocean current

Gulf War Click to Search Gulf War
noun 1. a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991 • Syn: Persian Gulf War • Instance Hypernyms: war, warfare • Part Meronyms: Operation Desert Storm 2. a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution • Syn: Iran-Iraq War • Instance Hypernyms: war, warfare

Gulf War syndrome Click to Search Gulf War syndrome
noun a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders • Syn: Persian Gulf illness • Hypernyms: syndrome

gulfweed Click to Search gulfweed
noun brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea • Syn: sargassum, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferum • Hypernyms: brown algae • Member Holonyms: genus Sargassum

Persian Gulf Click to Search Persian Gulf
noun a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world • Syn: Arabian Gulf • Instance Hypernyms: gulf • Part Holonyms: Arabian Sea • Part Meronyms: Bahrain, Bahrain Island, Bahrein, Bahrein Island

Persian Gulf illness Click to Search Persian Gulf illness
noun a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders • Syn: Gulf War syndrome • Hypernyms: syndrome

Persian Gulf War Click to Search Persian Gulf War
noun a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991 • Syn: Gulf War • Instance Hypernyms: war, warfare • Part Meronyms: Operation Desert Storm

Saronic Gulf Click to Search Saronic Gulf
noun a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece • Syn: Gulf of Aegina • Instance Hypernyms: inlet, recess • Part Holonyms: Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas

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Arabian Gulf

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Gulf Coast

Gulf of Aden

Gulf of Aegina

Gulf of Akaba

Gulf of Alaska

Gulf of Antalya

Gulf of Aqaba

Gulf of Bothnia

Gulf of California

Gulf of Campeche

Gulf of Carpentaria

Gulf of Corinth

Gulf of Finland

Gulf of Guinea

Gulf of Lepanto

Gulf of Martaban

Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Ob

Gulf of Oman

Gulf of Riga

Gulf of Saint Lawrence

Gulf of Siam

Gulf of Sidra

Gulf of St. Lawrence

Gulf of Suez

Gulf of Tehuantepec

Gulf of Thailand

Gulf of Venice

Gulf States

Gulf stream

Gulf War

Gulf War syndrome

gulfweed

Persian Gulf

Persian Gulf illness

Persian Gulf War

Saronic Gulf

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