gulf of mexico

1. 1.

   an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico

   SynonymsGolfo de Mexico

   Broadergulf

   Part ofAtlantic

   PartsGalveston BayGulf CoastGulf of CampecheMobile BayTampa Bay

Questions about gulf of mexico

What does gulf of mexico mean?

gulf of mexico means "an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico".

What is another word for gulf of mexico?

Close synonyms include Golfo de Mexico. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gulf of mexico a common word?

gulf of mexico is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.