loch
/ˈlɑk/
noun
Familiar
1.n.a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
2.n.Scottish word for a lake
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loch and lock are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. loch means “a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)”. lock means “fasten with a lock”. lock is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈlɑk/
1.n.a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
2.n.Scottish word for a lake
/ˈlɑk/
| loch | lock | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɑk/ | /ˈlɑk/ |
| Said | lahk | lahk |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 4 | 4 |
| Parts of speech | noun | verb, noun |
| Senses | 2 | 15 |
| How common | Familiar | Core |
| Synonyms | none recorded | none recorded |
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“lock the bike to the fence”
2.v.keep engaged
“engaged the gears”
3.v.become rigid or immoveable
“The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise”