Definition of loch
1 Scotland : lake
2 Scotland : a bay or arm of the sea especially when nearly landlocked
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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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Campbell also outlined another problem facing Operation Cleansweep: the sheer size of the loch.
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Origin and Etymology of loch
Middle English (Scots) louch, from Scottish Gaelic loch; akin to Latin lacus lake — more at lake
First Known Use: 15th century
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playDefinition of loch for English Language Learners
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: a lake or a part of the sea that is almost surrounded by land
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