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English noun: lake

1. lake (object) a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land


Broader (hypernym)body of water, water


Narrower (hyponym)artificial lake, bayou, lagoon, laguna, lagune, loch, lough, man-made lake, oxbow lake, pond, pool, reservoir, tarn


Instance hyponymAral Sea, Baikal, Balaton, Baykal, Bodensee, Canandaigua Lake, Caspian, Caspian Sea, Cayuga Lake, Chad, Champlain, Coeur d'Alene Lake, Constance, Daryacheh-ye Orumiyeh, Dead Sea, Erie, Eyre, Great Salt Lake, Great Slave Lake, Huron, IJsselmeer, Ilmen, Keuka Lake, Kivu, Ladoga, Lake Albert, Lake Albert Nyanza, Lake Aral, Lake Baikal, Lake Balaton, Lake Baykal, Lake Canandaigua, Lake Cayuga, Lake Chad, Lake Champlain, Lake Chelan, Lake Constance, Lake Edward, Lake Erie, Lake Eyre, Lake Geneva, Lake Huron, Lake Ilmen, Lake Keuka, Lake Kivu, Lake Ladoga, Lake Leman, Lake Malawi, Lake Michigan, Lake Nasser, Lake Nyasa, Lake Okeechobee, Lake Onega, Lake Ontario, Lake Saint Clair, Lake Seneca, Lake St. Clair, Lake Superior, Lake Tahoe, Lake Tana, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Tsana, Lake Urmia, Lake Vanern, Lake Victoria, Lake Winnipeg, Michigan, Mobuto Lake, Nasser, Okeechobee, Onega, Ontario, Plattensee, Poyang, Salton Sea, Seneca Lake, Superior, Tanganyika, Urmia, Vanern, Victoria Nyanza, Winnipeg


Part holonymfloor, inlet, recess


Domain category membersbody of water, lentic, shore, water

2. lake (substance) a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal


Broader (hypernym)pigment

3. lake (substance) any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments


Broader (hypernym)pigment









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