1
Scotland
: lake
2
Scotland
: a bay or arm of the sea especially when nearly landlocked
Examples of loch in a Sentence
in his biography of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell tells of being conducted by a Scottish boatman “across one of the lochs, as they call them, or arms of the sea”
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Located on the shores of Loch Linnhe, one of 31,000 freshwater lochs in Scotland, Fort William sits in the shadow of Ben Nevis, at 4,490 feet the highest peak in Britain.
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Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Curling is a game of tradition, first played centuries ago on Scottish lochs, where players slide heavy granite rocks down a sheet of ice toward a target.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
While an exact date can’t be pinpointed, according to the World Curling Federation, the sport was played during its early stages on frozen lochs and ponds in northern Europe.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
And a great big loch at your doorstep.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
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Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Curling is a game of tradition, first played centuries ago on Scottish lochs, where players slide heavy granite rocks down a sheet of ice toward a target.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
While an exact date can’t be pinpointed, according to the World Curling Federation, the sport was played during its early stages on frozen lochs and ponds in northern Europe.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
And a great big loch at your doorstep.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for loch
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“Loch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loch. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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