noun General Slang

loch

LOKH · noun · informal

A lake or sea inlet

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A lake, or a sea inlet ('sea loch').

“There's nae monster in the loch, right enough.”
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loch In A Sentence

There's nae monster in the loch, right enough.

Origin & Usage

From Scottish Gaelic 'loch' (lake).

Variants loughlochan

People Also Ask

What is a loch?

A lake, or a sea inlet known as a sea loch.

How do you pronounce 'loch'?

With a soft guttural 'ch' at the back of the throat, roughly 'lokh' — not 'lock'.

What's a 'lochan'?

A small loch. In Ireland the equivalent word is spelled 'lough'.

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