kloof
/kluf/
kloof noun: a deep glen or ravine.
Noun
kloof (plural kloofs)
- A deep glen or ravine.
- 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.1901, William Thomas Black, The Fish River bush, South Africa, and its wild animals
- The grass is rich and matted, you cannot see the soil. It holds the rain and the mist, and they seep into the ground, feeding the streams in every kloof.1948, Alan Paton, chapter 1, in Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, published 1987
kloof meaning in Tamil and Urdu
kloof in Tamil
- மலைவிடர்
kloof in Urdu
- تنگ پہاڑی درہ
Forms of kloof
| plural | kloofs |
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Origin of kloof
Borrowed from Dutch kloof (“ravine”) (South Africa). Doublet of clove (“deep or narrow valley”).
Words formed from kloof
Questions about kloof
- What does kloof mean?
- Kloof means a deep glen or ravine.
- What is kloof in Tamil?
- Kloof in Tamil is மலைவிடர். See Kloof meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is kloof?
- Kloof is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kloof?
- Kloof is pronounced /kluf/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kloof?
- The plural of kloof is kloofs.
Words near kloof in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kloof (page history and authors); kloof (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kloof (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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