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gulley

gul·ley
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [guhl-ee]
    • /ˈgʌl i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [guhl-ee]
    • /ˈgʌl i/

Definitions of gulley word

  • noun plural gulley gully1 (defs 1, 2). 1
  • abbreviation GULLEY gully2 . 1
  • noun plural gulley a knife, especially a large kitchen or butcher knife. 1
  • noun gulley Alternative spelling of gully (Etymology 1). 1
  • noun gulley deep channel, ditch 1

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Origin of gulley

First appearance:

before 1575
One of the 34% oldest English words
First recorded in 1575-85; origin uncertain

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Gulley

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gulley popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for gulley

noun gulley

  • cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
  • ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
  • gap — a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
  • trench — Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ˈʃɛn ə vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
  • channel — A channel is a television station.

Antonyms for gulley

noun gulley

  • hillside — a township in NE New Jersey.
  • hill — the small hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol stands.
  • upland — a city in S California.
  • esker — A long ridge of gravel and other sediment, typically having a winding course, deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier or ice sheet.
  • hummock — Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.

Top questions with gulley

  • what is a gulley?
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  • where is gulley link between worlds?

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