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        gulf

         
         
        pronunciation:
        guhlf
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        part of speech: noun
        definition 1: a large area of ocean partly surrounded by land.
        The part of the Atlantic Ocean that touches the southern United States and Mexico is a gulf called the Gulf of Mexico.
         
        synonyms:
        sea
        similar words:
        bay, cove, estuary, inlet, lagoon, mouth, ocean, sound
        definition 2: a deep crack in the earth's surface.
        synonyms:
        abyss, chasm
        similar words:
        black hole, canyon, gorge, pit, ravine
        definition 3: a large difference.
        There is a gulf between what I think of as a clean room and what my mother thinks of as a clean room.
        synonyms:
        breach
        similar words:
        abyss, pit
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