Definitions for loch
lɒk, lɒxloch

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lochnoun

   a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)

2. lochnoun

   Scottish word for a lake

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lochnoun

   A lake. Scottish.

   A lake or loch, that has no fresh water running into it, will turn into a stinking puddle. George Cheyne, Phil. Principles.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loch

   Loch () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling lough is commonly found in place names; in Lowland Scots and Scottish English, the spelling "loch" is always used. Many loughs are connected to stories of lake-bursts, signifying their mythical origin. Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs or sea loughs. Some such bodies of water could also be called firths, fjords, estuaries, straits or bays.

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1. loch

   A loch is the Scottish Gaelic and Irish word for a lake or for a sea inlet. It is commonly used to denote water-based geographical features in Scotland.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lochnoun

   a lake; a bay or arm of the sea

2. Lochnoun

   a kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture

3. Etymology: [Gael. & Olr. loch. See Lake of water.]

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1. Loch

   Loch, is the Scottish Gaelic and Irish word for a lake or a sea inlet. In Ireland it has been anglicised as lough, although this is pronounced the same way as loch. Some lochs could also be called a firth, fjord, estuary, strait or bay. Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs or sea loughs. It is cognate with the Manx logh and the now obsolete Welsh word for lake, llwch.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loch

   loh, n. a lake or arm of the sea.—ns. Lochaber axe (loh-ä′bėr aks), a battle-axe used by the Scottish Highlanders, having a narrow blade, but very long towards the shaft, and generally with a hook at the end of the staff; Loch′an (Scot.), a pond. [Gael. loch; cf. Lake.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loch

   Gaelic for lake, in Scotland and Ireland. In Scotland also an arm of the sea, where the tides ebb and flow; on the east coast called a firth, though on the west mostly termed a loch.

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1. LOCH

   What does LOCH stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LOCH acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LOCH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Loch is ranked #12496 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Loch surname appeared 2,481 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Loch.
   
   88.3% or 2,192 total occurrences were White.
   7.1% or 177 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.3% or 58 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 30 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 14 total occurrences were Black.
   0.4% or 10 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Inlet
   • Lake

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'loch' in Nouns Frequency: #2368

Anagrams for loch »

1. chol

How to pronounce loch?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of loch in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of loch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of loch in a Sentence

1. Richard Freeman:

   Therefore we cant discount the possibility that what people see and believe is the Loch Ness monster might be a giant eel. i dont believe the eel theory has killed off the Loch Ness Monster, quite the reverse in fact.

2. Neil Gemmell:

   Eels are very plentiful in the loch system - every single sampling site that we went to pretty much had eels and the sheer volume of it was a bit of a surprise, we can't exclude the possibility that there's a giant eel in Loch Ness but we don't know whether these samples we've collected are from a giant beast or just an ordinary one - so there's still this element of 'we just don't know.'.

3. Tim Scott:

   Loch Ness Monster of the Swamp.

4. Steve Feltham:

   At the moment, a Wels catfish ticks more of the boxes than any of the other contenders for the explanation, i would like it to be something new and undiscovered rather than something a little bit mundane. People do report four- or five-feet long necks sticking up out of Loch Ness. That's not going to be a Wels catfish.

5. Daniel Loxton:

   Loch Ness is not as big as the Himalayas, it is a finite body of water. It has been extensively scanned by sonar. It's been observed for decades. There's just really no possibility that there's a plesiosaur in Loch Ness, or even anything of comparable size.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=loch
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=loch
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loch
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=loch
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=loch
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=loch
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html