gulch

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
2. (obsolete) An act of gulching or gulping.
3. (obsolete) A glutton.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
2. (obsolete) To fall heavily.

Conceptes

barranc

Sinònims

ravine

gully

canyon

ditch

gorge

chasm

flume

isthmus

kloof

notch

pass

trench

valley

kuru

mountain pass

coombe

cleugh

band

cleuch

col

coulee

cove

defile

draw

gulley

Traduccions

gola

quebrada

Schlucht

burrone

ravin

Bergschlucht

barranco

kloof

φαράγγι

bled

trou

🕳️

patelin

ravine

βάραθρο

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡʌlt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: gulchen

In summary

From earlier gulsh (“sink in, gush out”), from Middle English gulchen (“to gulp, spew”), probably from the source of gulp. Likely not related to gully (“ravine formed by water”) despite the similarities.