LOCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loch mean? 

• LOCH (noun)
  The noun LOCH has 2 senses:

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

2. Scottish word for a lake

  Familiarity information: LOCH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("loch" is a kind of...):

inlet; recess (an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands))

Instance hyponyms:

Loch Linnhe (an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Scotland)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Scottish word for a lake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("loch" is a kind of...):

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Instance hyponyms:

Loch Achray (a lake in central Scotland)

Loch Ness (a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain)