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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cou•lee /ˈkuli/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geology, Dialect TermsChiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine formed by running water.
- Geologya small valley.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cou•lee (ko̅o̅′lē),USA pronunciation n. - Geology, Dialect Terms[Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada.]a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
- Geologya small valley.
- Geologya low-lying area.
- Geologya small intermittent stream.
- Geologya stream of lava.
- Latin cōlāre to filter, strain, derivative of cōlum strainer, sieve; compare colander, portcullis
- Canadian French, French: a flowing, noun, nominal use of fem of coulé, past participle of couler to flow
- 1800–10, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: coulee /ˈkuːleɪ -lɪ/ n - a flow of molten lava
- such lava when solidified
- Western US Canadian a dry stream valley, especially a long steep-sided gorge or ravine that once carried melt water from a glacier
Etymology: 19th Century: from Canadian French coulée a flow, from French, from couler to flow, from Latin cōlāre to sift, purify; see colander |