Windermere

[win-der-meer]

noun

1. Lake, a lake in NW England, between Westmorland and Lancashire: the largest lake in England. 10.5 miles (17 km) long; 5.67 sq. mi. (15 sq. km).

Windermere

/ ˈwɪndəˌmɪə /

noun

1. Sometimes (less correctly) called: Lake Windermere. a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the SE part of the Lake District: the largest lake in England. Length: 17 km (10.5 miles)

Example Sentences

He lauded Britain as "the place Hollywood comes to make Barbie, Spider-Man and Mission Impossible, the land of the Lionesses and the home of Formula One", and the land of "Windermere and Loch Ness, male voice choirs and Hogmanay".

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Tests carried out at Windermere have revealed levels of bacteria and phosphorus that fail water quality standards are at their highest in summer, when the lake is at its most busiest for bathing and water sports.

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He said Windermere was one of the world's most famous lakes and if the issues could not be solved there, it did not bode well for the future of other equally important but less famous sites such as Coniston Water.

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The analysis, which the BBC had exclusive access to, used United Utilities operational data to establish when the company was discharging sewage into Windermere when it should by law have been treating some of it.

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Regular discharges of sewage into Windermere have been blamed for increasing nutrient levels and turning parts of the lake green – so called "algal blooming."

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