Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Irish A lake.
- n. Irish A bay or an inlet of the sea.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A lake: same as loch, especially with reference to lakes in Ireland.
- n. A cavity in a rock.
- n. An obsolete preterit of laugh.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.
- of laugh.
WordNet 3.0
- n. Irish word for a lake
- n. a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
Etymologies
- From Irish loch. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English luh, ultimately from Old Irish loch. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“On the eastern edge of the lough is a double concentric ring of stones, the diameter of the inner circle being about 100 feet.”
“Besides -- and once more I think I blushed, even under the bracken -- on the other side of the lough was my little Lady Kit.”
“As the lough is an SAC special area of conservation it comes under the European Habitat Directive.”
“The lough teems with life, and is paradise for birdwatchers in particular, who flock here to see the large numbers of breeding or wintering birds that nest here and on the lough's 120 islands.”
“Reply to this patukani am not njoiying the bba rev its boring. next time try to pick people who are going to make us lough and enjoy. frm zm.”
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“| Reply rofl @dazzer, that made me really lough out loud”
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“Andy Adair … you show day after day that you are Alex's bitch … and Alex will lough for this … I know”
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“Those who take things for granted: Listen "those who laugh last, lough best" Tomorrow intertwined with the debacle that is going on in the two camps, the truth shall deliver the abused innocent contender.”
“Thanks for the opportunity to get a lough out of a tragedy. ..”
“InsomniacLolita - Your comment literally made me lough out loud.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lough’.
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LIT - Ulysses - key words and phrases
money cowrie, bedraggle, omphalos, ineluctable, postprandial, bladderwrack, modality barnacle..., loofah, shipworm, cither, embattle, Malachi and 503 more...
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On with their heads!
Words that make other words with the addition of one letter at the beginning. The resulting words are tagged "behead".
men, his, yes, any, iota, limb, aged, laid, land, lead, read, word and 327 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Joycean Vocab
You ain't read no English til you read Joyce.
rasher, cygnet, usquebaugh, ephebe, entelechy, kish, caul, vicereine, atelier, daguerreotype, communard, connubial and 99 more...
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TheLastGoodNameLeft
The Last Good Words Left
ephemera, gammon, errata, ellipses, octopi, heteronormative, polyp, intersectionality, theses, california, halfback, fullback and 555 more...
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lanklenmot's Words
ineluctable, prelapsarian, bien pensant, prospero, preternatural, gratifying, iconoclast, cineast, persnickety, tumescent, galvanize, pap and 887 more...
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Ulysses
This is a list of the more difficult English words found in James Joyce's Ulysses. It will continually be updated as I read along. The list is in reverse chronological order, meaning that the last ...
equine, untonsured, corpuscle, prelate, parapet, dactyl, jejune, lancet, jalap, barbican, valise, dewsilky and 377 more...
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Scrabble words
xi, qat, naw, pyx, xu, qaid, vare, zebu, suq, zo, za, sez and 37 more...
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