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a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline
- we dipped our feet in the warm waters of the gulf
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an immeasurable depth or space
- the gulf of understanding between the two men was too wide for them to ever get along
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a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
- the gulf was too wide to cross, so we had to hike down into it and go through it
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an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
- a wide gulf in the defensive wall meant the city was in grave danger
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- breach,
- break,
- discontinuity,
- gap,
- hiatus,
- hole,
- interstice,
- interval,
- opening,
- rent,
- rift,
- separation,
- void
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water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center
- the doomed ship was sucked into the gulf and consigned to Davy Jones's locker
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of gulf (Entry 2 of 2)
to cover with a flood
- with the administration gulfed by so many real problems, it's absurd for the president to concern himself with this nonissue
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“Gulf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulf. Accessed 11 Aug. 2022.
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