gulf

A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.

He then surveyed / Hell and the gulf between.

Of course, there was no arguing against this, but one thing was clear, we could not attempt that leap in the dark; the only thing to do was to wait for the ray of light which pierced through the gulf at sunset.

That which swallows; the gullet.

Witch's mummy, maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark,

That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

[T]here is no such mine, / None; but a gulf of ruin, swallowing gold, not making.

A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea

the Gulf of Mexico

the Persian Gulf

A large deposit of ore in a lode.

To engulf.

[…] if with thee the roaring wells ⁠Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine; ⁠And hands so often clasp’d in mine, Should toss with tangle and with shells.

To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.

The mention of gulfed and plucked men brings me back to myself.

The good Professor scolded, predicted that they would all be either gulfed or ploughed.

The Persian Gulf, or the region surrounding it.

Gulf States

Gulf War

The Gulf of Mexico, or the region surrounding it.

Gulf States

Gulf Stream