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Canyon

/ˈkænjən/

A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

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A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

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canonnoun	A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Canyon"

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Word	Definition
canonnoun	A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
valleynoun	An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
wadinoun	A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.
minenoun	An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
barrelnoun	(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
cannonnoun	A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar, which may include muzzle appendages.
shotgunnoun	(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
gunnoun	A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
foddernoun	Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
starnoun	Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.
gorgenoun	(botany) The throat of a flower.
gullynoun	A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
gulchnoun	A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
chasmnoun	(geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
cleftnoun	An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
ravinenoun	A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
slotnoun	A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.
flumenoun	An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.
fissurenoun	A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
riftnoun	(figurative) A lack of cohesion; a state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.