Word for the day: lake

lake  |leɪk|                                                                             *lago (en Español)DEFINITIONnouna large area of water surrounded by land: boys were swimming in the lake | [ in names ] : Lake Victoria.• ( the Lakes )the Lake District.• a pool of liquid: the fish was served in a lake of spicy sauce.• [ with modifier ] a large surplus of a liquid commodity: the EU wine lake.

DERIVATIVES

lakelet noun


ORIGIN 

late Old English (denoting a pond or pool), from Old French lac, from Latin lacus ‘basin, pool, lake’.

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