loch

[ lok, lokh ]

/ lɒk, lɒx /

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noun Scot.

a lake.

a partially landlocked or protected bay; a narrow arm of the sea.

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Origin of loch

1350–1400; Middle English (Scots ) louch, locht<Scots Gaelic loch,Old Irish loch lake, cognate with Latin lacus,Old English lagu;see lake¹, lough

Words nearby loch

location, locative, locator, locavore, loc. cit., loch, Lochaber ax, lochan, loche, Lochearn, lochia

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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.
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But his horse, Devon Loch, fell down short of the finish line.
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Further south the coasts close in abruptly, and the straits are like a long Highland loch.
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This little manœuvre of his would be repeated many times, till a long clear whistle was heard from the road by the loch.
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In the north-west of Scotland there is a very pretty loch which runs far up into the land.
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It was a long row to the head of the loch, and a long walk to reach the cottage where Sandy Johnston lay dying.
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Thirty guineas on the seaside, or sixty if ye set me on the Linnhe Loch.
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British Dictionary definitions for loch

loch

/ (lɒx, lɒk) /

noun

a Scot word for lake 1

Also called: sea loch a long narrow bay or arm of the sea in Scotland

Word Origin for loch

C14: from Gaelic

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