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Definition of: gulf
(gulf) noun
1. The tract of water within an indentation or curve of the coastline, in size between a bay and a sea.
2. An abyss; chasm.
3. That which engulfs irretrievably; a whirlpool.
4. A wide or impassable space; a separation not easily bridged.
—v.t. To swallow up as in a gulf; engulf. [<OF golfe <Ital. golfo <LGk. kolphos <Gk. kolpos a bay]
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