Synonyms of gully

gully

noun

variants also gulley

as in trench

a long, narrow cut or low area in the ground that water moves through when it rains

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Examples of gully in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Park Fire started when a man pushed a burning car into a gully in a Chico city park on July 24, authorities say. —Evan Bush, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2024

Listen to this article Northern California’s Park Fire, allegedly started by a man pushing a flaming car into a gully, was 12% contained Sunday after scorching more than 370,000 acres in four counties near Chico, and forcing the evacuation of a national park. —Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 July 2024

By this morning, the blaze, which started when a man allegedly rolled a burning car into a gully, had spread across more than 300,000 acres, and was zero percent contained. —Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 27 July 2024

Authorities said the fire was sparked by a man who pushed a burning car down a gully. —Jintak Han, Washington Post, 26 July 2024