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saguaro

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'subhead-medium-blue'>Definition
  • a deep or precipitous valley ravine
    especially one occupied by a torrent
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
canyon (also cañon) col couloir defile flume gap gill [British] gorge gulf kloof [South African] linn [chiefly Scottish] notch pass ravine saddle
Examples
  • //the gulch floods in the spring with the runoff from the mountains, so wait until later in the summer to hike it
First Known Use
1832, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
perhaps from English dialect gulch to gulp, from Middle English gulchen
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
canyon (also cañon) col couloir defile flume gap gill [British] gorge gulf kloof [South African] linn [chiefly Scottish] notch pass ravine saddle
Examples
  • //the gulch floods in the spring with the runoff from the mountains, so wait until later in the summer to hike it
First Known Use
1832, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
perhaps from English dialect gulch to gulp, from Middle English gulchen
gulch