lough
lough
Definition
lough (läkh)
lough
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- punctuate: The bogs are punctuated by small, rounded loughs, the source of many streams.
Converse of object
- enclose: Landscape Key Characteristics Farmed ridges enclosing a lough with tidal mudflats.
- overlook: These sunrise pictures below are of my car, overlooking the lough, at whitehead.
- fish: It gives you a real feel of what it is like to fish the world-famous loughs of Corrib, Derg, Mask and others.
- surround: The open waters of the lough hold a range of aquatic plants, whilst a variable swamp fringe can be found surrounding the lough.
Adjective modifier
- rounded: The bogs are punctuated by small, rounded loughs, the source of many streams.
- isolated: Whilst some continue to exist as isolated small loughs, many have now been infilled by sediment washing off the surrounding drumlins.
- Irish: How to catch dace, tips on Irish loughs or Caribbean bone fishing seemed to abound.
- small: Wet woodland also occurs around the shores of some of the small loughs.
- large: Belfast Lough is a large, open sea lough located on the north-eastern coast of Northern Ireland.
- many: This open loch surrounded by mature mixed woodland and with sudden ledges and drop-offs to 25ft is very reminiscent of many Irish loughs.
Modifies a noun
- shore: There was another cunning plan to build a parallel motorway on the lough shore side.
- edge: Between these, horses, cows and sheep graze peacefully along the lough edge.
- fringe: Open views across expanses of water and along reed beds and carr woodland on lough fringes.
- side: There was another cunning plan to build a parallel motorway on the lough shore side.
- margin: Fens around lough margins may have common reed or reed canary grass.
- user: Provide relevant navigational and tidal information to all port and lough users.
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