- gorge, ravine
- وَادٍ ضَيِّق عَمِيق \ gorge, ravine: a very deep narrow valley.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
gorge, ravine
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ravine — [n] gap in earth’s surface abyss, arroyo, break, canyon, chasm, clove, coulee, crevasse, crevice, cut, defile, ditch, fissure, flume, gorge, gulch, gulf, gully, notch, pass, valley, wash; concepts 509,513 Ant. plain … New thesaurus
ravine — ► NOUN ▪ a deep, narrow gorge with steep sides. ORIGIN French, violent rush … English terms dictionary
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