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loch

noun \ˈläk, ˈläḵ\

: a lake or a part of the sea that is almost surrounded by land

Full Definition of LOCH

1
Scottish :  lake
2
Scottish :  a bay or arm of the sea especially when nearly landlocked
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Origin of LOCH

Middle English (Scots) louch, from Scottish Gaelic loch; akin to Latin lacus lake — more at lake
First Known Use: 14th century

Related to LOCH

Synonyms
arm, bay, bight, cove, creek [chiefly British], embayment, estuary, firth, fjord (also fiord), inlet, gulf [Scottish]

Rhymes with LOCH

bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, clock, cock, croc, crock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, grok, hock, jock, knock, lakh, lock, Locke, lough, moc, mock, nock, pock, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok

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11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. loch
  2. Loch Leven trout
  3. sea-loch
  4. Achray, Loch
  5. Holy Loch
  6. Katrine, Loch
  7. Leven, Loch
  8. Linnhe, Loch
  9. Lomond, Loch
  10. Ness, Loch
  11. Rannoch, Loch
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