lake
1
[ leyk ]
/ leɪk /
noun
a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil.
Idioms for lake
(go) jump in the lake,
(used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.)
Origin of lake
1
before 1000; Middle English
lak(e),
lac(e), apparently a conflation of Old French
lac, its source, Latin
lacus (compare Greek
lákkos, Old Irish
loch, Old English, Old Saxon
lagu sea, water) and Old English
lacu stream, water course (compare
leccan to moisten, modern dial.
lake stream, channel; see
leach1)
Words nearby lake
laith,
laity,
laius,
lajoie,
lak cell,
lake,
lake 1,
lake 2,
lake breeze,
lake charles,
lake district
Definition for lake (2 of 3)
lake
2
[ leyk ]
/ leɪk /
noun
any of various pigments prepared from animal, vegetable, or coal-tar coloring matters by chemical or other union with metallic compounds.
a red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal by combination with a metallic compound.
Origin of lake
2
First recorded in 1610–20; variant of
lac1
Definition for lake (3 of 3)
Lake
[ leyk ]
/ leɪk /
noun
Simon,1866–1945,
U.S. engineer and naval architect.
Example sentences from the Web for lake
British Dictionary definitions for lake (1 of 2)
lake
1
/ (leɪk) /
noun
an expanse of water entirely surrounded by land and unconnected to the sea except by rivers or streams
Related adjective: lacustrine
anything resembling this
a surplus of a liquid commodity
a wine lake
Word Origin for lake
C13:
lac, via Old French from Latin
lacus basin
British Dictionary definitions for lake (2 of 2)
lake
2
/ (leɪk) /
noun
a bright pigment used in textile dyeing and printing inks, produced by the combination of an organic colouring matter with an inorganic compound, usually a metallic salt, oxide, or hydroxide
See also mordant
a red dye obtained by combining a metallic compound with cochineal
Word Origin for lake
C17: variant of
lac
1
Scientific definitions for lake
lake
[ lāk ]
A large inland body of standing fresh or salt water. Lakes generally form in depressions, such as those created by glacial or volcanic action; they may also form when a section of a river becomes dammed or when a channel is isolated by a change in a river's course.