water gap

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   a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows

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Questions about water gap

What does water gap mean?

water gap means "a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows".

Is water gap a common word?

water gap is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.