"gulfs" in the noun sense
1. gulf
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land larger than a bay
2. gulf, disconnect, disconnection
an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding
"he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"
"there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"
3. gulf
a deep wide chasm
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