kloof
noun/kluːf/
/kluːf/
South African English [kluəf]
(South African English)- a valley or ravine with steep sides covered with woods or trees
- The missing hiker had fallen into a deep kloof and had been unable to climb out.
Word OriginAfrikaans, from Middle Dutch clove cleft’.Definitions on the go
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