loch

Other forms of loch

plural

loches·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about loch

What does loch mean?

loch means "a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in loch?

loch has 1 syllable: loch. In IPA it is /ˈlɑk/.

Is loch a common word?

loch is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with loch?

16 words rhyme with loch. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.