Gully

/ˈɡʌli/

Synonyms for "gully" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

abysm abyss aqueduct arroyo bedbox canyonbreach break canal canalize canyon carve cavity chamfer channel chap chasm check chimney chink

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chisel cleft cleuch clough

Noun(4 words)

alley arroyos canyons chine

Strong matches (42)

col corridor corrugate coulee couloir crack crannycreek bedcrevasse crevice crimp culvert cut cwm dado defile dell dike ditch donga

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drawdry bedengrave excavation fault fissure flaw flume flute fracture furrow gap gape gash gill goffer gorge

Noun(5 words)

ditch draindrainage channelerosion channelerosion grooves

Related words (70)

Noun(6 words)

gorges ravine ravines valley washout watercourse

gouge groove gulch gulf gullyhole headrace hole incise incisionirrigation ditchjoint kloof leak moat notch nullah opening pass passage pleat

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plow rabbet race ravine rent rifle rift rimeriver bedriverway runnel rupture rut scissure score scratch seam slit slot sluice spillbox spillway split streakstream bedstreamway striate swashswash channeltailrace trench trough valley void wadiwater carrierwater channelwater furrowwater gapwater gatewatercourse waterway waterworks wrinkle

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5 relation types

More general

6 entries

drainage featuregeographic featureinfrastructure elementlandform vale valley

More specific

3 entries

arroyo wadi wash

Collocations

5 entries

dry gullygully erosiongully potgully washersteep gully

Inflections

1 entries

gullies

Derivations

1 entries

gulliness

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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The gully had more plants than the rest of the desert because it occasionally filled with rain.

Source: tatoeba (8977925)

It's near what looks like a little gully.

Source: tatoeba (9969630)

I fell over a ledge of rock into a gully below.

Source: tatoeba (10485956)

A new drainage run and rainwater gullies are to be installed between the station and Oxford Road, with completion planned for December 1.

Source: wiktionary

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