loch
pronunciation
How to pronounce loch in British English:
UK [lɒk]
How to pronounce loch in American English:
US [lɑːk]
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- Noun:
- a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
- Scottish word for a lake
Word Origin
- loch (n.)
- late 14c., from Gaelic loch "lake, narrow arm of the sea," cognate with Old Irish loch "body of water, lake," Breton lagen, Anglo-Irish lough, Latin lacus (see lake (n.1)). The Loch Ness monster is first attested 1933.
Example
- 1. The anticipated fat profits from renewables could prove as elusive as the fabled loch ness monster .
- 2. Loch coruisk on the isle of skye , in scotland , which can only be reached by boat or by foot , completed the top 10 .
- 3. And his favorite animal is the loch ness monster .
- 4. Do you believe in the loch ness monster ?
- 5. Another attraction here is a legendary monster : the loch ness monster .