Thesaurus results for LAKE

lake

noun

Definition of lake

as in pond

a large area of water that is surrounded by land They own a cottage on the lake. the shores of the lake

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Recent Examples of lake There are Easter eggs all over, and the series offers a good excuse to rewatch the original movie to catch even more and compare the gorgeous haunting lake views. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026 Trying to allay other concerns, officials say sand for concrete used in the construction will come from an artificial lake, not the Mekong river, where sand mining has worsened riverbank erosion and altered its stream. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Hoàn Kiếm Lake, the Hanoi Opera House, and the Vietnam National Museum of History are all nearby, while the maze of the Old Quarter begins just beyond the lake. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 Crews continue to search the lake close to Baldwin and Putnam County line. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lake

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Noun

Moments later, a male lion strolled out of the thin trees behind me, settling by the pond for a drink.

— Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
The track was closed, and weeds soon grew 6 feet high in the holding pond.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of pond

Noun

The lagoon on the south shore of Long Island is half in Brooklyn, half in Queens, so expect jurisdiction headaches to accompany the dramatic monologues.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
In a Tuesday statement, Purdue University officials said researchers came across at least four coconut crabs while clearing an overgrown trail to the island's lagoon.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of lagoon

Noun

Shorebirds feed at the lochs’ edges, and upland raptors soar over the moors.

— Alexandra Marvar, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of loch

Noun

The massive 5,942-lb (2,695 kg) weight is somewhat disguised by a system that swaps traditional mechanical anti-roll bars for triple-stage adjustable air springs linked to a high-capacity central hydraulic pressure reservoir.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
The requirement applies to lakes, rivers, reservoirs and other freshwater inland waterways, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta east of Chipps Island.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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