gulf : Idioms & Phrases

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arabian gulf

  • noun a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world
    Arabian Gulf.
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gulf coast

  • noun a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico
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gulf of aden

  • noun arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea
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gulf of aegina

  • noun a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece
    Gulf of Aegina.
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gulf of akaba

  • noun a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia
    Gulf of Akaba.
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gulf of alaska

  • noun a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago
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gulf of antalya

  • noun a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey
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gulf of aqaba

  • noun a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia
    Gulf of Akaba.
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gulf of bothnia

  • noun a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland
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gulf of california

  • noun a gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico
    Sea of Cortes.
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gulf of campeche

  • noun a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan
    Golfo de Campeche; Bay of Campeche.
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gulf of carpentaria

  • noun a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia
    Carpentaria.
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gulf of corinth

  • noun inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus
    Gulf of Corinth.
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gulf of finland

  • noun an eastern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Finland and Estonia
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gulf of guinea

  • noun a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa
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gulf of lepanto

  • noun inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus
    Gulf of Corinth.
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gulf of martaban

  • noun an arm of the Andaman Sea off southern Myanmar
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gulf of mexico

  • noun an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico
    Golfo de Mexico.
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gulf of ob

  • noun an inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia
    Bay of Ob.
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gulf of oman

  • noun an arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf
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gulf of riga

  • noun an inlet of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia
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gulf of saint lawrence

  • noun an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada
    Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
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gulf of siam

  • noun an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula
    Gulf of Siam.
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gulf of sidra

  • noun wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya
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gulf of st. lawrence

  • noun an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada
    Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
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gulf of suez

  • noun a northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
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gulf of tehuantepec

  • noun an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico
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gulf of thailand

  • noun an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula
    Gulf of Siam.
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gulf of venice

  • noun an arm of the Adriatic Sea
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gulf states

  • noun a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas
  • noun the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf
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Gulf Stream

  • noun a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean
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  • (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic. It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific.
Webster 1913

gulf war

  • noun a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
    Gulf War.
  • noun a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution
    Iran-Iraq War.
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gulf war syndrome

  • noun a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders
    Gulf War syndrome.
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Gulf weed

  • (Bot.), a branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere.
Webster 1913

persian gulf

  • noun a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world
    Arabian Gulf.
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persian gulf illness

  • noun a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders
    Gulf War syndrome.
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persian gulf war

  • noun a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
    Gulf War.
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saronic gulf

  • noun a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece
    Gulf of Aegina.
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