Thesaurus results for LOCHS

lochs

noun

plural of loch, Scottish

as in estuaries

a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline 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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Recent Examples of lochs Cruising through one of the park’s 22 larger lochs is essential; several tour operators, including Cruise Loch Lomond and Sweeney’s Cruise Co, sail from ports around the park. —

Andrea Bussell, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026 The mammals thrive across habitats from inland rivers and lochs to rugged coastal environments. —

Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 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. —

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 Created by sculptor Andy Scott, the kelpies — shape-shifting mythical creatures from Scottish folklore that live in the country's famous lochs — were completed in 2013. —

Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026 The stones stand between two lochs on the largest of the Orkney Islands, off the northeastern tip of mainland Scotland. —

Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 What with its rippling mountains, meditative lochs, and misty woodlands, Scotland’s moody atmosphere hits its stride in the cooler seasons. —

Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025

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For all of these creatures, the coast’s patchwork of barrier islands, beaches, sandbars, salt marshes, tidal creeks and estuaries are vitally important for survival.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 16 May 2026
That will prevent polluted excess water being sent on estuaries east and west of the lake that have befouled waters with blue-green algae that has led to massive deaths of marine life within the past decade.

— Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026