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Word entry · 4 letters

loch

Best crossword clue

"Scottish waterway"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /lɔx/Part of speech nounSorted chloStarts with LEnds with H2 cluesCommon crossword word
1L2O3C4H

Definitions

  1. Scottish word for a lake or narrow inlet.

Word origin

From Middle English lough, borrowed from Scottish Gaelic loch. Doublet of lay, Looe, and lough.

Used in a sentence

  • But, enchanting as are the woodland banks of the quiet stream, there is to me a higher and yet more powerful charm in the solitary wildness or savage grandeur of the Highland loch.
  • Uncle James had caught a cold too, so I went with Grissel; and found a chemist who'd been in France, and knew what a loch was and made one for me; […]

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Scottish waterway4 letters
02Scottish lake4 letters

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