lake
English Thesaurus
1. a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | body of water, water, |
| definition | : | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | bayou, |
| definition | : | a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | lagoon, laguna, lagune, |
| definition | : | a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | loch, |
| definition | : | Scottish word for a lake (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | lough, |
| definition | : | Irish word for a lake (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | oxbow lake, |
| definition | : | a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | pond, pool, |
| definition | : | a small lake (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | tarn, |
| definition | : | a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers) (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | caspian, caspian sea, |
| definition | : | a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | cayuga lake, lake cayuga, |
| definition | : | a glacial lake in central New York; the longest of the Finger Lakes (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake chelan, |
| definition | : | a narrow very deep lake in central Washington in the Cascade Range (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake tahoe, |
| definition | : | a lake on the border between Nevada and California to the west of Carson City; a popular resort area (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | bodensee, constance, lake constance, |
| definition | : | a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | dead sea, |
| definition | : | a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | eyre, lake eyre, |
| definition | : | a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | great salt lake, |
| definition | : | a shallow body of salt water in northwestern Utah (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | great slave lake, |
| definition | : | a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada; drained by the Mackenzie River (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | ijsselmeer, |
| definition | : | a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | keuka lake, lake keuka, |
| definition | : | a glacial lake in central New York; one of the Finger Lakes (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | kivu, lake kivu, |
| definition | : | a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | aral sea, lake aral, |
| definition | : | a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | chad, lake chad, |
| definition | : | a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | champlain, lake champlain, |
| definition | : | a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812 (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake edward, |
| definition | : | a lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | erie, lake erie, |
| definition | : | the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake geneva, lake leman, |
| definition | : | a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | huron, lake huron, |
| definition | : | the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | ilmen, lake ilmen, |
| definition | : | a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | ladoga, lake ladoga, |
| definition | : | a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake michigan, michigan, |
| definition | : | the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake nasser, nasser, |
| definition | : | lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake malawi, lake nyasa, |
| definition | : | a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake onega, onega, |
| definition | : | lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake ontario, ontario, |
| definition | : | the smallest of the Great Lakes (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake saint clair, lake st. clair, |
| definition | : | a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake superior, superior, |
| definition | : | the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake tana, lake tsana, |
| definition | : | a lake in northern Ethiopia; the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake tanganyika, tanganyika, |
| definition | : | the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake vanern, vanern, |
| definition | : | a lake in southwestern Sweden; the largest lake in Sweden (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake victoria, victoria nyanza, |
| definition | : | the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile River (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake okeechobee, okeechobee, |
| definition | : | a lake in southeast Florida to the north of the Everglades (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | poyang, |
| definition | : | a lake in central China that is connected to the Chang Jiang by a canal (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | salton sea, |
| definition | : | a saltwater lake in southeastern California (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | lake seneca, seneca lake, |
| definition | : | a glacial lake in central New York; the largest of the Finger Lakes (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | floor, |
| definition | : | the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | inlet, recess, |
| definition | : | an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) (noun.object) |
| domain member category | : | body of water, water, |
| definition | : | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) (noun.object) |
| domain member category | : | shore, |
| definition | : | the land along the edge of a body of water (noun.object) |
| domain member category | : | lentic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or living in still waters (as lakes or ponds) (adj.all) |
2. any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | pigment, pigment, |
| definition | : | dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) (noun.substance) |
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