Meaning of GULCH
| Pronunciation: | | gulch
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| | Definition: | | [n] a narrow gorge with a stream running through it |
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| | Synonyms: | | flume |
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| | See Also: | | gorge | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gulch\, n.
1. Act of gulching or gulping. [Obs.]
2. A glutton. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
3. A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a
gully.
\Gulch\, v. t. [OE. gulchen; cf. dial. Sw. g["o]lka to
gulch, D. gulzig greedy, or E. gulp.]
To swallow greedily; to gulp down. [Obs.]
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | - A relatively young but well-defined erosional channel.
- A sharply cut ravine.
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| | Related Terms: | | abysm, abyss, aqueduct, arroyo, bed, box canyon, breach, break, canal, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, clove, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, creek bed, crevasse, crevice, culvert, cut, cwm, defile, dell, dike, ditch, donga, draw, dry bed, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gorge, groove, gulf, gully, gullyhole, headrace, hole, incision, irrigation ditch, joint, kloof, leak, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, race, ravine, rent, rift, rime, river bed, riverway, runnel, rupture, scissure, seam, slit, slot, sluice, spillbox, spillway, split, stream bed, streamway, swash, swash channel, tailrace, trench, valley, void, wadi, water carrier, water channel, water furrow, water gap, water gate, watercourse, waterway, waterworks |
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