Bitter Lakes


plural noun
  1. two lakes in NE Egypt, forming part of the Suez Canal.

Origin of Bitter Lakes

1
First recorded in 1835–45

Words Nearby Bitter Lakes

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How to use Bitter Lakes in a sentence

  • "We shall come to the larger of the Bitter Lakes in less than an hour," replied the captain.

    Asiatic Breezes | Oliver Optic
  • During geologic ages it shrunk until it all but disappeared, leaving only a few small and Bitter Lakes in unexpected pockets.

    The Martian Cabal | Roman Frederick Starzl
  • There was a road leading to the wilderness near the Bitter Lakes.

    Heroes of Israel | Theodore Gerald Soares
  • Magnesium salts are abundant in sea-water, and in the waters of evaporating enclosed coral lagoons and of many Bitter Lakes.

  • As you know, he generally travels all night by the Bitter Lakes trail.

    The Mistress of Bonaventure | Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for Bitter Lakes

Bitter Lakes

pl n
  1. two lakes, the Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake in NE Egypt: part of the Suez Canal

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