1 [C] a large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land:
the Gulf of Mexico
2 (the Gulf) [sing.] the Persian Gulf, the area of sea between the Arabian PENINSULA and Iran:
the Gulf States (= the countries with coasts on the Gulf)
3 [C,usually sing.] ~ (between A and B) a large difference between two people or groups in the way that they think, live or feel:
The gulf between rich and poor is enormous. * It felt as if a gulf had opened up between his life and mine.
4 [C] a wide deep crack in the ground
IDIOMS see BRIDGEv.
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