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gulch

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of gulch

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

the gulch floods in the spring with the runoff from the mountains, so wait until later in the summer to hike it

Synonyms of gulch

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

Words Related to gulch

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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