gulf

1. is a type of: body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
   specific instances:

   • gulf of aden - arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea
   • gulf of alaska - a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago
   • gulf of antalya - a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey
   • gulf of akaba, gulf of aqaba - a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia
   • gulf of bothnia - a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland
   • gulf of california, sea of cortes - a gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico
   • bay of campeche, golfo de campeche, gulf of campeche - a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan
   • carpentaria, gulf of carpentaria - a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia
   • gulf of corinth, gulf of lepanto - inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus
   • gulf of finland - an eastern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Finland and Estonia
   • gulf of guinea - a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa
   • gulf of martaban - an arm of the Andaman Sea off southern Myanmar
   • golfo de mexico, gulf of mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico
   • bay of ob, gulf of ob - an inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia
   • gulf of oman - an arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf
   • gulf of riga - an inlet of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia
   • gulf of saint lawrence, gulf of st. lawrence - an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada
   • gulf of sidra - wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya
   • gulf of suez - a northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
   • gulf of tehuantepec - an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico
   • gulf of siam, gulf of thailand - an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula
   • gulf of venice - an arm of the Adriatic Sea
   • arabian gulf, persian gulf - 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
   is a part of: sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
2. is a type of: disparity - inequality or difference in some respect
   same as: disconnect, disconnection
3. is a type of: chasm - a deep opening in the earth's surface

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