lake
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
laykIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈleɪk
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
A large amount of liquid.
In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermilion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.
A number of places in the United States
A place in England
verb
To subject biological cells to repeated cycles of freezing and thawing until lysis.
To make lake-red.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
Used this way, lake is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use lake
- “We spent a relaxing afternoon fishing by the quiet lake.”noun
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