gulf

Words with a similar base: gulf

'gulf'

[gulf.n.01] as in: an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

'gulf'

[gulf.n.02] as in: an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

Examples:
he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy

'gulf'

[gulf.n.03] as in: a deep wide chasm

Origins

					gulf (English)
└── golfe (French)
    ├── ''[[culfus]], [[colfus]]'' (Latin)
    └── golfo (Italian)
        └── colfus (Latin)
            └── κόλπος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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