Gulf

/ɡˈʌlf/

/ˈɡəɫf/

Gulf

an area of sea that is partly surrounded by land, with a narrow opening

an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

synonyms : disconnect

a deep wide chasm

Examples

1. This book bridges a gulf between the metaphysics literature and philosophy of mind literature.

2. The gulf is too massive.

3. The speed of this transformation highlighted the gulf between the two sets of people.

4. Longtail stingrays also scour the gulf floor in search of mollusks and crustaceans.