loch
a lake.
a partially landlocked or protected bay; a narrow arm of the sea.
Origin of loch
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How to use loch in a sentence
People like me believe it's like the loch Ness monster: widely spoken about, but nobody has seen it for years.
Mumbai Massacre Perpetrator's Sentence Affirmed | Dilip D’Souza | September 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore he started singing, he was the guitarist for the band loch Ness.
But his horse, Devon loch, fell down short of the finish line.
In “Inverness,” a botanist finds something like faith through an encounter with an obsessed loch Ness Monster hunter.
Further south the coasts close in abruptly, and the straits are like a long Highland loch.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard Russell
This little manœuvre of his would be repeated many times, till a long clear whistle was heard from the road by the loch.
The Animal Story Book | VariousIn the north-west of Scotland there is a very pretty loch which runs far up into the land.
The Animal Story Book | VariousIt was a long row to the head of the loch, and a long walk to reach the cottage where Sandy Johnston lay dying.
The Animal Story Book | VariousThirty guineas on the seaside, or sixty if ye set me on the Linnhe loch.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for loch
/ (lɒx, lɒk) /
a Scot word for lake 1
Also called: sea loch a long narrow bay or arm of the sea in Scotland
Origin of loch
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