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loch Definition

loch (läk, läkh)

noun

  1. a lake
  2. an arm of the sea, esp. when narrow and nearly surrounded by land

Etymology: ME louch < Gael & OIr: for IE base see lake

loch Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • overlook: Adjacent to them is an RSPB hide overlooking a small loch.
  • surround: The hills surrounding the loch are still rising by 1mm per year.

Preposition: on

  • coast: Loch Broom Nr Ullapool This is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland.

Adjective modifier

  • sheltered: They are moved in tanks to cages anchored to the sea-bed - often in a sheltered sea loch.
  • shallow: This shallow loch is surrounded by rhododendron bushes, which are in full bloom in the summer.
  • Scottish: You can even send us an image to include instead of the tranquil scottish loch shown.
  • deep: With 1,077 ft. of water under my own two feet I was now sailing across Scotland's deepest loch.
  • remote: For the adventurous the trip to Loch Einich will provide a technical challenge, and a view of the remote loch long remembered.
  • beautiful: I dream that I am playing my flute on the shore of a beautiful loch in the north.

Modifies a noun

  • ness: Can you send me a picture of the loch ness monster?
  • lomond: I was born in vale of leven near loch lomond.
  • fishing: Farmhouse for 8/10 with hill loch trout fishing from £ 750 pw.
  • shore: Access to the loch shore, for instance, is far too restricted.
  • trout: Farmhouse for 8/10 with hill loch trout fishing from £ 750 pw.
  • monster: Can you send me a picture of the loch ness monster?

Noun used with modifier

  • freshwater: They are then transferred to cages floating just below the surface of a freshwater loch.
  • sea: From the summit there is a fine view across the sea loch of Loch Leven.
  • trout: He was particularly proud of the family trout loch in Aberdeenshire which was planned and constructed under his supervision.
  • hill: A small hill loch, suitable for brown trout fishing, is situated just a few hundred yards from the lodge.
  • fishing: The location is a golf course, fishing loch and holiday lodges complex, plus an associated housing development.
loch Quotes

O ye'll tak the high road, and I'll tak the low road, And I'll be in Scotland afore ye, But me and my true love will never meet again On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes, Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond.

—Anonymous

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