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Webster 1913 Edition

Lough

Lough

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Noun.
[See 1st
Loch
.]
A loch or lake; – so spelt in Ireland.

Lough

,
obs.
strong
imp.
of
Laugh
.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lough

LOUGH

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Noun.
lok.
a lake; a different orthography of loch and lake.

Definition 2024

lough

lough

English

Noun

lough ‎(plural loughs)

  1. A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
    • 2009, January 26, “Henry McDonald”, in It's got fancy flats, a hotel. Even a bank. But can the Titanic Quarter stay afloat?:
      Outside, a freezing wind whips across Belfast lough […] .

Synonyms

  • loch (in Scotland)

Anagrams

Etymology

Borrowing from Irish loch, from Old Irish loch, from Proto-Celtic *lokus ‎(“lake, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus ‎(“pond, pool”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɒx/, /lɒk/

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