gulch

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

gola

burrone

calanco

forra

gravina

calanca

anfratto

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

quebrada

Schlucht

ravin

kloof

barranco

Bergschlucht

βάραθρο

Klamm

barranc

ραματιά

trou

🕳️

bled

patelin

φάραγξ

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɡʌlt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese 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.