gulch

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

quebrada

barranco

barranca

garganta

cañada

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

gola

burrone

ravin

Schlucht

kloof

Bergschlucht

βάραθρο

Klamm

barranc

ραματιά

trou

🕳️

bled

patelin

φάραγξ

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɡʌlt͡ʃ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: 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.