Search results for ‘lake’
English Dictionary (1-2 of 2)
- lake
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- 1. an expanse of water entirely surrounded by land and unconnected to the sea except by rivers or streams
- 2. anything resembling this
- 3. a surplus of a liquid commodity
- 4. C13: lac, via Old French from Latin lacus basin
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- lake
- [leɪk]
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- 1. a bright pigment used in textile dyeing and printing inks, produced by the combination of an organic colouring matter with an inorganic compound, usually a metallic salt, oxide, or hydroxide - See also mordant
- 2. a red dye obtained by combining a metallic compound with cochineal
- 3. C17: variant of lac 1
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Examples (1-5 of 7)
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they dredged up the corpse from the lake
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the lake froze over last week
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the thunder growled around the lake
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a wine lake
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the two men were oaring their way across the lake
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