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# lagoon

noun (a lagoon, lagoons)

«lagoon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A lagoon is a stretch of salty or brackish water separated from the sea by a sandbank, a reef or a strip of land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lagoon/#m1)
2. A lagoon can also be the calm water inside a ring-shaped coral island (an atoll). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lagoon/#m2)
3. A lagoon can be a pond or pool made by people, for example to hold waste water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lagoon/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons on coasts, lagoons form behind spits and barrier beaches; Venice is built in a lagoon. In science, lagoons are calm habitats for fish, birds and seagrass. In stories and adventure books, a "blue lagoon" is a calm, beautiful place on a tropical island. Phrases: «blue lagoon», «coral lagoon», «Venice lagoon».

### Examples

- The children swam in the calm lagoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lagoon/#x1)
- A coral reef protects the lagoon from big waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lagoon/#x2)
- Venice is built on islands in a lagoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lagoon/#x3)
- Flamingos fed in the shallow lagoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lagoon/#x4)
- The lagoon is separated from the sea by a sandbank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lagoon/#x5)
- We paddled a canoe across the lagoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lagoon/#x6)
- Peter was alone on the lagoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lagoon/#x7)

### Note

Plural «lagoons». Say it "la-GOON". A lagoon is not a lake: a lake is fresh water inland; a lagoon is usually salty and near the sea.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lagoon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lagoon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lagoon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lagoon.html) on Mova free.