gulch.

A narrow, steep-sided valley or gully, often cut by running water.

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Words that belong together

• rocky gulch
• narrow gulch
• mouth of a gulch

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The trail dropped into a rocky gulch.

They heard running water below the lip of the gulch.

Loose stones slid down the gulch after the storm.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular gulch; plural gulches. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.