Gulf

German Meaning

Golf

Kluft

Bucht

Meerbusen

Zwiespalt

English Meaning

  1. A large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, especially a long landlocked portion of sea opening through a strait.
  2. A deep, wide chasm; an abyss.
  3. A wide gap, as in understanding: "the gulf between the Victorian sensibility and our own” ( Babette Deutsch).
  4. Something, such as a whirlpool, that draws down or engulfs.
  5. To engulf.