lough

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

lough, n. [See 1st Loch.].

 A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.  [1913 Webster]

lough, strong imp. 

 of Laugh.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lough, n. Ir. = LOCH.

Etymology

Ir. loch LOCH, assim. to the related obs. ME form lough

ROGET THESAURUS

lough

Lake

N gulf, lake, land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou, fiord, armlet, frith, firth, ostiary, mouth, lagune, lagoon, indraught, cove, creek, natural harbor, roads, strait, narrows, Euripus, sound, belt, gut, kyles, continental slope, continental shelf, lake, loch, lough, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin, puddle, slab, well, artesian well, standing water, dead water, sheet of water, fish pond, mill pond, ditch, dike, dyke, dam, reservoir, alberca, barachois, hog wallow, lacustrine.