LOCH NESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Loch Ness mean? 

• LOCH NESS (noun)
  The noun LOCH NESS has 1 sense:

1. a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain

  Familiarity information: LOCH NESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCH NESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

loch (Scottish word for a lake)

Meronyms (parts of "Loch Ness"):

Loch Ness monster; Nessie (a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland)

Holonyms ("Loch Ness" is a part of...):

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)