gulf
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- 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
- Gulf of Aden
- Gulf of Alaska
- Gulf of Antalya
- Gulf of Aqaba
- Gulf of Bothnia
- Gulf of California
- Gulf of Campeche
- Gulf of Carpentaria
- Gulf of Corinth
- Gulf of Finland
- Gulf of Guinea
- Gulf of Martaban
- Gulf of Mexico
- Gulf of Ob
- Gulf of Oman
- Gulf of Riga
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence
- Gulf of Sidra
- Gulf of Suez
- Gulf of Tehuantepec
- Gulf of Thailand
- Gulf of Venice
- Persian Gulf
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 noun
an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
a deep wide chasm
Types & categories
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| 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 |