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# loch

«loch» in Mova's school dictionary: **A lake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a loch, lochs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Scotland) A lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/#m1)

2) (Scotland) A long, narrow arm of the sea that reaches into the land, called a sea loch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in Scotland and about Scottish places, in geography lessons and in stories set in the Highlands. The most famous is Loch Ness, where the legend of the Loch Ness Monster comes from. In Ireland the similar word is «lough». Phrases: Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, sea loch.

### examples

- We went kayaking on the loch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/#x1)
- Loch Ness is a very deep loch in Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/#x2)
- The mountains were reflected in the still loch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/#x3)
- Some people believe a monster lives in the loch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/#x4)
- A sea loch is open to the ocean at one end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/#x5)
- We camped beside a loch in the Highlands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/#x6)
- The loch was freezing cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/#x7)
- Ducks swam across the loch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/#x8)
- The king's daughter betook herself to the bank of the loch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/#x9)

### note

Plural: lochs. In Scotland the «ch» is said like a soft throat sound, not like «k»; many English speakers say «lock». Trap: «Loch Lake» would mean «lake lake». Irish spelling: lough. Myth: there is no proof that the Loch Ness Monster exists.

### In the corpora

- [Fish come from the wild sea or from fish farms, like the round floating net pens in Scottish lochs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly/7/)
- [In Edinburgh, Otto's dad hardly talks, but every Sunday he takes Otto fishing by the loch (Scots for lake).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «loch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.