lagoon

noun

Definition of lagoonnext
as in bay
an area of sea water that is separated from the ocean by a reef or sandbar Beyond the beach there was a picturesque blue lagoon.

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Recent Examples of lagoon The Lemoore facility uses a mechanical hydrofoil that travels along a roughly 2,300-foot lagoon to generate waves. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The grounds also include a lagoon-style pool and spa, plus a pool house with three bedrooms and bathrooms for guests. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026 What else On the other side of the CityWalk lagoon is construction for Category 10, an entertainment venue tied to country singer Luke Combs. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 Big swine farms produce huge amounts of solid waste, which piles up in lagoons until a flood can wash them into rivers. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lagoon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lagoon
  1. bay
  2. cove
  3. fjord
  4. estuary
  5. creek
  6. loch
  7. harbor
Noun
  • The coastal flood threat has largely ended for Atlantic and Cape May counties, although high water remains a concern in some of the back bays farther north through the morning.
    — Kate Bilo, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Notably, the cargo configuration of Starship also does not have a traditional payload bay that can deliver all manner of satellites into orbit.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of bay
Noun
  • Live roaches were discovered behind the cove base under the hand sink and nymphs at the display cooler next to the meat prep entrance.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This rugged island has cliff paths leading to the old pilot lookout, and sheltered coves.
    — Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of cove
Noun
  • This cutting-edge system allows the ship to access even the world’s most environmentally sensitive areas like Norway’s World Heritage fjords.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • For more remote beauty, the islands of Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof give you the chance to indulge in natural hot springs—along with all the fjords, glaciers, and waterfalls in between.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of fjord
Noun
  • But these sites also come with dangers, as demonstrated by the massive Moss Landing battery fire in January 2025, which prompted the evacuation of about 1,500 residents and deposited heavy metals in a nearby estuary.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Visitors traveling across Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay earlier this month may have seen a strange-looking boat with wings and a whale-like tail floating in the estuary’s calm late-summer waters.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of estuary
Noun
  • Bryan Watts has spent more than three decades watching ospreys reclaim the Chesapeake Bay, returning each spring from South America to crowd its tidal rivers and creeks, shorelines, channel markers and nesting platforms.
    — Mark Robichaux, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The hardwoods are only 40 yards wide and connect a swamp and a creek.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of creek
Noun
  • In the show’s two-hour series premiere, host Alan Cumming welcomed 22 appropriately bloodthirsty competitors to his Scottish castle and immediately threw them into the deep end of the loch.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • This is a landscape of lochs and mountains, best viewed from a cozy railcar, on a train that coddles just 36 passengers on an all-inclusive journey.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 17 June 2026
Definition of loch
Noun
  • The amendment would require the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners to annually allocate a portion of the harbor’s operating income to investments in waterfront public access projects.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In Sydney, the city and its harbor unfold from above during a private seaplane flight.
    — Guy Bigiaoui, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of harbor

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“Lagoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lagoon. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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