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couloir

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Synonyms and Antonyms of couloir

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

at one point the steep, ice-encrusted walls of the couloir are no more than 50 feet apart

Synonyms of couloir

canyon (also cañon), col, defile, flume, gap, gill [British], gorge, gulch, gulf, kloof [South African], linn [chiefly Scottish], notch, pass, ravine, saddle

Words Related to couloir

abyss, chasm, cirque, cleft, crevasse, crevice, cwm [chiefly British], fissure

combe (also coombe) [British], dale, dell, glen, hollow, shut-in, vale, valley

basin, floodplain, kettle

arroyo, barranca (also barranco), coulee, draw, gully (also gulley), gutter, nullah, trench, trough, wadi, wash [West]

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