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# lough

noun (a lough, loughs)

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

## Everyday

(Ireland) A lough is a lake or a long, narrow arm of the sea in Ireland, like a Scottish loch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lough/#m1)

### In the lessons

Met in geography of Ireland and Northern Ireland: Lough Neagh is the largest lake in the UK and Ireland. Place names often start with «Lough».

### Examples

- Lough Neagh is the biggest lake in the British Isles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lough/#x1)
- We went fishing on the lough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lough/#x2)
- Lough Erne has many small islands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lough/#x3)
- The lough was calm and grey in the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lough/#x4)
- Swans swam across the lough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lough/#x5)
- Lough Foyle opens into the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lough/#x6)
- "I cannot," said the feet-water; "I am scattered on the ground, and my path is down to the Lough." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lough/#x7)

### Note

Said like «lock» but with a soft throaty «ch» at the end, like Scottish «loch»; never like «laugh» or «tough». Plural: loughs. Used as part of names with a capital L.

## On Mova

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