Gully

//ˈɡʌli//

Synonyms for "gully" (132 found)

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Closest matches (27)

gill abysm abyss aqueduct arroyo bed box canyon breach break canal canalize canyon carve cavity chamfer channel chap chasm check chimney

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chink chisel cleft cleuch

Noun(3 words)

alley alleyway box

Strong matches (39)

clough col corridor corrugate coulee couloir crack cranny creek bed crevasse crevice crimp culvert cut cwm dado defile dell dike ditch

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donga draw dry bed engrave excavation fault fissure flaw flume flute fracture furrow gap gape gash goffer gorge

Noun(2 words)

gangway gill

Related words (66)

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

vale valley

Synonyms

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gill

Related terms

2 entries

gullet hully gully

derived

45 entries

California Gully Carey Gully Charlton Gully Cherry Gully Coopers Gully Fern Gully Ferntree Gully Flowery Gully Geegully Creek Golden Gully Green Gully Hacketts Gully Horsnell Gully Jones Gully Kangaroo Gully Long Gully

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has context

4 entries

cricket northern uk scotland uk

is a

3 entries

flow terrain natural obstacle valley

related to

26 entries

channel degree drain drop kerb fielder fielding grooved gullet gully gut gully hole iron knife off plate point position

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Translations

55 translations across 23 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

χαράδρα noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Bulgarian

3 entries

дере noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
канавка noun (A road drain)
овраг noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Czech

4 entries

rokle noun (A small valley)
strouha noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
strouha noun (A road drain)
úzké údolí noun (A small valley)

Dutch

1 entries

geul noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

French

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ravine noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Galician

4 entries

caivanca noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
carriozo noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
carronzo noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
corgo noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Georgian

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ხევი noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

German

4 entries

Erosionsrinne noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
Graben noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
Gully noun (A road drain)
Wasserfurche noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Hungarian

4 entries

szakadék noun (A small valley)
vízmosás noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
árok noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
árok noun (A small valley)

Icelandic

1 entries

skorningur noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Italian

1 entries

calanco noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries

baranku noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
barrónke noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Māori

4 entries

kopia noun (A small valley)
kowaka noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
kōawaawa noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
parari noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

ravine noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

ravine noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

بوغاز noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
دره noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Schälran noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Polish

4 entries

dolinka noun (A small valley)
parów noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
wąwóz noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
żleb noun (A road drain)

Portuguese

1 entries

corgo noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Russian

4 entries

буера́к noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
вы́моина noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
кулуар noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)
ложби́на noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Spanish

1 entries

barranco noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Ukrainian

1 entries

яр noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

Yagara

1 entries

pilla noun (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside)

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.

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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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