Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [guhl-ee]
- /ˈgʌl i/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [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".
gulley usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms 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
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