GULF STREAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf stream mean? 

• GULF STREAM (noun)
  The noun GULF STREAM has 1 sense:

1. a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean

  Familiarity information: GULF STREAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULF STREAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("Gulf stream" is a kind of...):

ocean current (the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction)