gulf
- n an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
- n an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends - n a deep wide chasm
gulf of aden
- n arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea
gulf of aegina
- n a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece
gulf of akaba
- n a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia
gulf of alaska
- n a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago
gulf of antalya
- n a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey
gulf of aqaba
- n a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia
gulf of bothnia
- n a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland
gulf of campeche
- n a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan
gulf of carpentaria
- n a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia
gulf of corinth
- n inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus
gulf of finland
- n an eastern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Finland and Estonia