English > lake: 3 senses > noun 1, object| Meaning | A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land. |
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| Category of | body of water, water | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) |
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| lentic | Of or relating to or living in still waters (as lakes or ponds) |
| shore | The land along the edge of a body of water |
| Instances | Baikal, Lake Baikal, Baykal, Lake Baykal | The largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world |
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| Balaton, Lake Balaton, Plattensee | A large shallow lake in western Hungary |
| Canandaigua Lake, Lake Canandaigua | A glacial lake in central New York |
| Caspian, Caspian Sea | A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River |
| Cayuga Lake, Lake Cayuga | A glacial lake in central New York |
| Coeur d'Alene Lake | A lake in northern Idaho |
| Constance, Lake Constance, Bodensee | A lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side / side of the Swiss Alps |
| Dead Sea | A saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan |
| Eyre, Lake Eyre | A shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level |
| Great Salt Lake | A shallow body of salt water in northwestern Utah |
| Great Slave Lake | A lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada |
| IJsselmeer | A shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee |
| Keuka Lake, Lake Keuka | A glacial lake in central New York |
| Kivu, Lake Kivu | A lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda |
| Lake Albert, Lake Albert Nyanza, Mobuto Lake | A shallow lake on the border between Uganda and Congo in the Great Rift Valley |
| Lake Aral, Aral Sea | A lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan |
| Lake Chad, Chad | A lake in north central Africa |
| Lake Champlain, Champlain | A lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec |
| Lake Chelan | A narrow very deep lake in central Washington in the Cascade Range |
| Lake Edward | A lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda |
| Lake Erie, Erie | The 4th largest of the Great Lakes |
| Lake Geneva, Lake Leman | A lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone |
| Lake Huron, Huron | The 2nd largest of the Great Lakes |
| Lake Ilmen, Ilmen | A lake in northwestern Russia |
| Lake Ladoga, Ladoga | A lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg |
| Lake Michigan, Michigan | The 3rd largest of the Great Lakes |
| Lake Nasser, Nasser | lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan |
| Lake Nyasa, Lake Malawi | A long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi |
| Lake Onega, Onega | lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland |
| Lake Ontario, Ontario | The smallest of the Great Lakes |
| Lake St. Clair, Lake Saint Clair | A lake between Ontario and Michigan |
| Lake Superior, Superior | The largest freshwater lake in the world |
| Lake Tahoe | A lake on the border between Nevada and California to the west of Carson City |
| Lake Tana, Lake Tsana | A lake in northern Ethiopia |
| Lake Tanganyika, Tanganyika | The longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley |
| Lake Urmia, Urmia, Daryacheh-ye Orumiyeh | A shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the western border of Turkey |
| Lake Vanern, Vanern | A lake in southwestern Sweden |
| Lake Victoria, Victoria Nyanza | The largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world |
| Okeechobee, Lake Okeechobee | A lake in southeast Florida to the north of the Everglades |
| Poyang | A lake in central China that is connected to the Chang Jiang by a canal |
| Salton Sea | A saltwater lake in southeastern California |
| Seneca Lake, Lake Seneca | A glacial lake in central New York |
| Winnipeg, Lake Winnipeg | A lake in southern Canada in Manitoba |
| Parts | floor | The bottom surface of any lake or other body of water |
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| inlet, recess | An arm off of a larger / larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) |
| Narrower | bayou | A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) |
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| lagoon, laguna, lagune | A body of water cut off from a larger / larger body by a reef of sand or coral |
| loch | Scottish word for a lake |
| lough | Irish word for a lake |
| oxbow lake | A crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel |
| pond, pool | A small lake |
| reservoir, artificial lake, man-made lake | lake used to store water for community use |
| tarn | A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers) |
| Broader | body of water, water | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) |
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| Spanish | estanque, lago, lagos |
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| Catalan | llac |
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| Adjectives | lacustrine | of or relating to or living near lakes |
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