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Definitions for Coulee

[1] Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada . a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
[2] a small valley.
[3] a low-lying area.
[4] a small intermittent stream.
[5] Geology . a stream of lava.
[6] a flow of molten lava such lava when solidified
[7] Western US and Canadian a dry stream valley, especially a long steep-sided gorge or ravine that once carried melt water from a glacier
[8] a small intermittent stream in such a ravine

Words related to Coulee

abyss, valley, gully, crevasse, crevice, canyon, chasm, gorge, ditch, basin, plain, lowland, ravine, slag, magma, basalt, flume, defile, cut, gulf

Words nearby Coulee

coughlin, could, couldn't, couldn't care less, couldst, coulee, coulibiac, coulibiaca, coulis, coulisse, couloir

Origin of Coulee

1800–10, Americanism ; < Canadian French, French: a flowing, noun use of feminine of coulé, past participle of couler to flow < Latin cōlāre to filter, strain, derivative of cōlum strainer, sieve; cf. colander, portcullis

Word origin for Coulee

C19: from Canadian French coulée a flow, from French, from couler to flow, from Latin cōlāre to sift, purify; see colander

Synonyms for Coulee

abyss, canyon, chasm, crevasse, crevice, ditch, gorge, gully, valley, arroyo, break, clove, cut, defile, fissure, flume, gulch, gulf, notch, pass, wash