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prairie lake

prairie lake noun: a type of lake that has no inlet, which is fed by rainfall and runoff, and preserved by high water tables, which dries out when water tables drop in dry weather.

Noun

prairie lake (plural prairie lakes)

  1. A type of lake that has no inlet, which is fed by rainfall and runoff, and preserved by high water tables, which dries out when water tables drop in dry weather.

Forms of prairie lake

pluralprairie lakes

Origin of prairie lake

When such a lake dries out, its bed becomes a grassland like a prairie.

Questions about prairie lake

What does prairie lake mean?
Prairie lake means a type of lake that has no inlet, which is fed by rainfall and runoff, and preserved by high water tables, which dries out when water tables drop in dry weather.
What part of speech is prairie lake?
Prairie lake is a noun.
What is the plural of prairie lake?
The plural of prairie lake is prairie lakes.

Words near prairie lake in the dictionary

  1. prairie fleabane
  2. Prairie Grove
  3. prairie hawk
  4. prairie hawks
  5. prairie itch
  6. prairie lake
  7. prairie lakes
  8. prairie lily
  9. prairie meet
  10. prairie meets
  11. prairie nigger

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