kloof

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch

Noun

kloof (plural kloofs)

1. (deprecated template usage) (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

Pronunciation

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -oːf

Noun

kloof f or m (plural kloven, diminutive kloofje n)

1. gap, gorge, ravine

Derived terms

• kloofdal
• taalkloof

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative of klieven
2. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative of kluiven
3. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of kloven
4. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kloven