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DictionarylakeInland body of water
noun

lake

LAYK/leɪk/

A large inland body of standing water.

A broad lake lies within wooded shores and low hills.

An elevated view of a broad, calm lake completely enclosed by land, with wooded shores and low hills establishing its large inland scale.
Etymology
lakeLatinpond, lake, basin

Latin lacus could mean a basin or reservoir as well as a pond or lake. The shared image is water held in a depression—the natural basin that gives an inland lake its shape.

In context

PublicResourceOrg11:37
water eroded rocks and soil cutting a gash in the landscape which allowed even more water to escape and what is now northern mexico was instantly pirated of its freshwater lake
Evolution of the Rio Grande Valley

More examples

  • They paddled across the lake at sunrise.
  • Several lakes feed the river.
  • The lake froze during the long winter.

Forms

lake · lakes

Similar words

pond
Usually a smaller inland body of still water.
reservoir
A body of water stored for use, often artificially created.