tarn

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

tarn, n. [OE. terne, Icel. tjörn.].

 A mountain lake or pool.  [1913 Webster]
"A lofty precipice in front,
A silent tarn below."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tarn, n. a small mountain lake.

Etymology

ME terne, tarne f. ON

ROGET THESAURUS

tarn

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.