Synonyms of gulch

gulch

noun

ˈgəlch 

as in canyon

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 & Similar Words

• canyon
• ravine
• gorge
• valley
• saddle
• gap
• flume
• col
• cañon
• pass
• defile
• couloir
• linn
• crevice
• kloof
• abyss
• gill
• gulf
• trench
• glen
• notch
• fissure
• chasm
• cleft
• basin
• crevasse
• cirque
• vale
• dale
• gutter
• gulley
• gully
• coulee
• hollow
• arroyo
• coombe
• combe
• floodplain
• coomb
• barranca
• kettle
• dell
• cwm
• nullah
• trough
• wadi
• shut-in
• wash
• barranco
• draw

Examples of gulch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Take your time — for here in the gulch, far removed from the day-to-day world, time is deep and still. —Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024

Army commanders note that artificial intelligence and drones cannot hold territory or manage resupply in soggy gulches where electricity and clean water are scarce. —Damien Cave Mark Abramson, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023

Her house sits in a gulch in between two tall hills and her nearest neighbor is about three miles away, so her only other option is satellite service. —Madeleine Ngo, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023

Gayle and Ross Hart, a couple in their 70s, see the fire cross a gulch near their neighborhood in Kula. —Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023