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Definition of "lough" [lough]

  • Irish A lake. (noun)
  • Irish A bay or an inlet of the sea. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lough" in a sentence
  • "On the eastern edge of the lough is a double concentric ring of stones, the diameter of the inner circle being about 100 feet."
  • "Besides -- and once more I think I blushed, even under the bracken -- on the other side of the lough was my little Lady Kit."
  • "As the lough is an SAC special area of conservation it comes under the European Habitat Directive."
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