lough

«lough» in Mova's school dictionary: a lake or a long, narrow arm of the sea in Ireland, like… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a lough, loughs)

meaning for a pupil

(Ireland) A lough is a lake or a long, narrow arm of the sea in Ireland, like a Scottish loch. tree →

sense in the lessons

Met in geography of Ireland and Northern Ireland: Lough Neagh is the largest lake in the UK and Ireland. Place names often start with «Lough».

examples

• Lough Neagh is the biggest lake in the British Isles. tree →
• We went fishing on the lough. tree →
• Lough Erne has many small islands. tree →
• The lough was calm and grey in the morning. tree →
• Swans swam across the lough. tree →
• Lough Foyle opens into the sea. tree →
• "I cannot," said the feet-water; "I am scattered on the ground, and my path is down to the Lough." tree →

note

Said like «lock» but with a soft throaty «ch» at the end, like Scottish «loch»; never like «laugh» or «tough». Plural: loughs. Used as part of names with a capital L.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lough» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.