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    kloof
    /kluːf/

    noun

    • 1. (in South Africa) a steep-sided, wooded ravine or valley.

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › kloofKloof Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. ˈklüf. Synonyms of kloof. South Africa. : a deep glen : ravine. Synonyms. canyon. cañon. col. couloir. defile. flume. gap. gill [ British] gorge. gulch. gulf. linn [ chiefly Scottish] notch. pass. ravine. saddle. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of kloof in a Sentence.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › kloofKLOOF Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Kloof definition: (in South Africa) a deep glen; ravine.. See examples of KLOOF used in a sentence.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishKLOOF definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. a mountain pass or gorge in southern Africa. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C18: from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch clove a cleft; see cleave1. Word Frequency. kloof in American English. (kluf ) noun. South African. a deep, narrow valley; gorge.

  5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishkloof noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of kloof noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › kloofKloof - definition of kloof by The Free Dictionary

    Define kloof. kloof synonyms, kloof pronunciation, kloof translation, English dictionary definition of kloof. n. South African A deep ravine.

  7. www.yourdictionary.com › kloofKloof Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    noun. A deep, narrow valley; gorge. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (South Africa) A glen; a ravine. Wiktionary. Other Word Forms of Kloof. Noun. Singular: kloof. Plural: kloofs. Origin of Kloof. Afrikaans from Middle Dutch clove cleft, ravine gleubh- in Indo-European roots.

  8. www.wordsense.eu › kloofkloof: meaning, definition - WordSense

    Noun. kloof ( pl. kloofs) ( South Africa) A deep glen or ravine. 1901, William Thomas Black, The Fish River bush, South Africa, and its wild animals. Forming the south boundary of the valley is a range of disrupted bushy hills, with intervening deep and rugged kloofs and ravines, which constituted the retreat of Jan Pockbaas and his rebel banditti.

  9. en.m.wiktionary.org › wiki › kloofkloof - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · Noun. [ edit] kloof (plural kloofs) ( South Africa) A deep glen or ravine .

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › kloof_nkloof, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

    The earliest known use of the noun kloof is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for kloof is from 1731, in a translation by Guido Medley. kloof is a borrowing from Dutch.

  11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryKLOOF definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. South African. a deep, narrow valley; gorge. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin. Afrik < Du klooven, to cleave, akin to cleave 1. Word Frequency. kloof in American English. (kluːf) noun. South African. a deep glen; ravine.