loch
UK/lɒk/
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Scotland/lɔx/
loch noun: a lake. Also the alternative form of lohoch.
Noun
loch (plural lochs)
- A lake.
- The greater part of Leuchars Loch belonged to the Inneses of Leuchars, Cotts to the Inneses of Innes; and while thus poſſeſſed, many unſucceſsful attempts to drain both, by canals, to the river Loſſie, ſeem to have been made. […] [A] very ordinary fall of rain raiſes it [the river] far beyond its...1802 November 1, “Account of the Drainage of the Lochs at Leuchars and Cotts, in the County of Moray”, in The Farmer’s Magazine: A Periodical Work, Exclusively Devoted to Agriculture, and Rural...
- But, enchanting as are the woodland banks of the quiet stream, there is to me a higher and yet more powerful charm in the solitary wildness or savage grandeur of the Highland loch.1840, John Colquhoun, “Loch-fishing”, in The Moor and the Loch: […], Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons; London: T[homas] Cadell, →OCLC, page 56
- Synonyms:
- lake
- A bay or arm of the sea.
- It is well known, for instance, that the superiority of the herrings caught in the inland sea-lochs of Scotland is owing to the fish finding there a better feeding-ground than in the large and exposed open bays. Look, for instance, at Lochfyne: the land runs down to the water's edge, and the...1865, James G[lass] Bertram, “Fish Life and Growth”, in The Harvest of the Sea: A Contribution to the Natural and Economic History of the British Food Fishes, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 28
- Little Loch Broom is a NW trending sea loch situated approximately 10 km west of Ullapool[…]. The flanks of the loch are characterized by rugged headlands backed by mountains such as An Teallach to the south and Beinn Ghobhlach to the north.2010, Martyn S. Stoker, Charles R. Wilson, John A. Howe, Tom Bradwell, David Long, “Paraglacial Slope Instability in Scottish Fjords: Examples from Little Loch Broom, NW Scotland”, in J[ohn] A. Howe...
Proper noun capitalized: Loch
Loch (plural Lochs)
- A surname.
- A town in Bass Coast Shire and South Gippsland Shire, southern Victoria, Australia.
Also used as
loch is also the alternative form of lohoch.
loch meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
loch in Hindi
- लोच, लॉच
loch in Tamil
- லோச்
loch in Marathi
- लोच, लॉच
loch in Urdu
- لوچ
More languagesFewer languages
- loch in Bengali
- লোচ, লচ
- loch in Telugu
- లోచ్
- loch in Malayalam
- ലോച്ച്, ലോച്
- loch in Kannada
- ಲೋಚ್, ಲೊಚ್
- loch in Punjabi
- ਲੋਚ, ਲੌਚ
- loch in Gujarati
- લોચ
- loch in Odia
- ଲୋଚ୍, ଲୋଚ
- loch in Nepali
- लोच
- loch in Vietnamese
- vũng
Synonyms of loch
Forms of loch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lochs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Lochs |
Origin of loch
From Middle English lough, borrowed from Scottish Gaelic loch. Doublet of lay, Looe, and lough.
See lohoch.
Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Loch, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a hollow or valley. * From Scottish Gaelic loch (“loch, lake”), a Scottish topographic surname.
Words formed from loch
- Gare Loch
- Holy Loch
- Loch Achray
- Loch Ailort
- Loch Alsh
- Loch Assynt
- Loch Awe
- Lochawe
- Loch Broom
- Loch Carron
- Lochcarron
- Loch Creran
- Loch Earn
- Loch Eil
- Lochend
- Loch Etive
- Loch Fleet
- Loch Fyne
- Loch Hourn
- Loch Indaal
- Loch Inver
- Loch Katrine
- Loch Leven
- Loch Linnhe
- Loch Lochy
- Loch Lomond
- Loch Long
- Loch Ness
- Loch Ness monster
- Loch Ossian
- Loch Ryan
- Loch Shiel
- lochside
- Loch Tay
- Loch Torridon
- Loch Treig
- sea loch
Phrases with loch
Words that rhyme with loch
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- sock
- unlock
- baroque
- flock
- locke
- mock
- ad hoc
- frock
- unblock
- undock
- VOC
- chock
- defrock
- nock
- o'clock
- prairie dock
- proc
- smock
- acock
- amok
- bangkok
- bloc
- Carvel Rock
- doc
- grok
- hough
- pock
- slock
- wedlock
- wok
- 24-hour clock
- bock
- bok
- brocc
- choc
- croc
- digital clock
- drop lock
- Farallon Rock
- flight sock
- freezer block
- gock
- hashlock
- hock
- kozachok
- lough
- Nixon shock
- oc
Questions about loch
- What does loch mean?
- Loch means a lake.
- What is loch in Hindi?
- Loch in Hindi is लोच, लॉच. See Loch meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is loch?
- Loch can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce loch?
- Loch is pronounced /lɔx/ (Scotland).
- What is the plural of loch?
- The plural of loch is lochs.
Words near loch in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: loch (page history and authors); Loch (page history and authors); loch (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loch (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loch (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loch (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loch (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loch (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loch (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loch (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loch (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loch (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loch (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); loch (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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