kloof

English

Etymology

Dutch

Noun

kloof (plural kloofs)

1. (South Africa) A glen; a 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.

Derived terms

• kloofing

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːf

Noun

kloof f, m (plural kloven, diminutive kloofje)

1. (geology) gap, gorge

Derived terms

• kloofdal

Verb

kloof

1. singular past indicative of klieven
2. singular past indicative of kluiven
3. first-person singular present indicative of kloven
4. imperative of kloven