loch

English Thesaurus

1. Scottish word for a lake (noun.object)

hypernym	:	lake,
definition	:	a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	loch achray,
definition	:	a lake in central Scotland (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	loch ness,
definition	:	a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain (noun.object)

2. a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) (noun.object)

hypernym	:	inlet, recess,
definition	:	an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	loch linnhe,
definition	:	an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Scotland (noun.object)