All loch synonyms

noun loch

• fjord — a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.
• pool — Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a pool table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball.
• pond — a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
• reservoir — a small body of standing water; pond.
• sound — The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3–30 miles (5–48 km) wide.
• inlet — an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
• gulf — a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.
• harbor — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
• anchorage — An anchorage is a place where a boat can anchor safely.
• strait — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
• cove — A cove is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards so that the sea is partly enclosed.
• bayou — A bayou is a slow-moving, marshy area of water in the southern United States, especially Louisiana.
• bight — a wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve
• mouth — Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
• lagoon — an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes. Compare laguna.
• basin — A basin is a large or deep bowl that you use for holding liquids, or for mixing or storing food.
• arm — Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
• narrows — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• fiord — a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.
• firth — John Rupert, 1890–1960, English linguist.
• canal — A canal is a long, narrow stretch of water that has been made for boats to travel along or to bring water to a particular area.
• creek — A creek is a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land.
• bay — A bay is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards.
• ingress — the act of going in or entering.
• slough — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
• passage — a slow, cadenced trot executed with great elevation of the feet and characterized by a moment of suspension before the feet strike the ground.
• slew — simple past tense of slay.
• channel — A channel is a television station.
• delta — A delta is an area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle, where a river splits and spreads out into several branches before entering the sea.
• spring — String PRocessING language
• sluice — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
• mere — mother1 .
• millpond — a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.
• tarn — a department in S France. 2232 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Albi.
• inland sea — a sea in SW Japan, enclosed by the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. 240 miles (385 km) long.
• lake — Simon, 1866–1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect.
• water — a liquid solution or preparation, especially one used for cosmetic purposes: lavender water; lemon water.
• broad — Something that is broad is wide.
• lough — a lake.
• lakelet — A small lake.
• estuary — The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
• harbour — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
• entrance — An opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.