A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,
He then surveyed
Hell and the gulf between.
Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.]
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold.
A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico. (Geog.)
A large deposit of ore in a lode. (Mining)
Phrases & Compounds
Gulf Stream
the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic.
Gulf weed
a branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere.