gulf
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
Types & categories
- body of water hypernym
- Gulf of Aden instance hyponym
- Gulf of Alaska instance hyponym
- Gulf of Antalya instance hyponym
- Gulf of Aqaba instance hyponym
- Gulf of Bothnia instance hyponym
- Gulf of California instance hyponym
- Gulf of Campeche instance hyponym
- Gulf of Carpentaria instance hyponym
- Gulf of Corinth instance hyponym
- Gulf of Finland instance hyponym
- Gulf of Guinea instance hyponym
- Gulf of Martaban instance hyponym
- Gulf of Mexico instance hyponym
- Gulf of Ob instance hyponym
- Gulf of Oman instance hyponym
- Gulf of Riga instance hyponym
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence instance hyponym
- Gulf of Sidra instance hyponym
- Gulf of Suez instance hyponym
- Gulf of Tehuantepec instance hyponym
- Gulf of Thailand instance hyponym
- Gulf of Venice instance hyponym
- Persian Gulf instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- sea part holonym
Sense 2 noun
an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
Types & categories
- disparity hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a deep wide chasm
Types & categories
- chasm hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sea |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | body of water |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Aden |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Alaska |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Antalya |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Aqaba |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Bothnia |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of California |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Campeche |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Carpentaria |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Corinth |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Finland |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Guinea |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Martaban |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Mexico |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Ob |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Oman |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Riga |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Sidra |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Suez |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Tehuantepec |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Thailand |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf of Venice |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Persian Gulf |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disparity |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | chasm |