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kloof. A mountain pass or gorge in southern Africa.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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: 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.
Definition of kloof noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kloof (“ravine”) (South Africa). Doublet of clove.
Pronunciation
1. (US, UK) IPA(key): /kluf/
Noun
kloof (plural kloofs) 1. (South Africa) A deep glen or ravine. 1.1. 1901, William Thomas Black, The Fish River bush, South Africa, and its wild animals: 1.1.1. Forming the south boundary of the valley is a range of disrupted bushy hills, with intervening deep and rugged kloofsand ravines, which constituted the retreat of Jan Pockbaas and his rebel banditti. 1.2. 1948, Alan Paton, chapter 1, in Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, published 1987: 1.2.1. The grass is rich and matted, y...
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /kluəf/
Etymology 1
From Dutch kloof, from Middle Dutch clove.
Etymology 2
From Dutch kloven.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /kloːf/ 2. Rhymes: -oːf
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch clove, from Proto-West Germanic *klubō, from Proto-Germanic *klubô, related to *kleubaną (“to split, cleave”). Cognate with German Klobe, Kloben, Cimbrian khlóop.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemmaform.
noun. a mountain pass or gorge in southern Africa. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. Discover More.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun kloof. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
The word Kloof (cf. cleft) means 'gorge' in Afrikaans and the area is named after the deep ravine formed by the Molweni stream (stream of high cliffs). The Kloof Gorge is part of the 4.47-square-kilometre (1.73 sq mi) Krantzkloof Nature Reserve. It is a predominantly English-speaking area.
