Noun: gour
Sample Sentences
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[…] calcite precipitates. This forms a small dam, accentuating the phenomenon and causing the formation of a calcite dam tilted towards the center of the gour. As water evaporates from the surface of the gour, a thin film of calcite often forms, […] [2015, Eric Gilli, Karstology: Karsts, Caves and Springs, page 80]
Nouns inflected like gour
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French gour (“rock pool”), from Latin gurges. Doublet of gorge and gurges. See: French Nouns '
gour', Latin Nouns '
gurges'.