lake

Noun
  1. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land (synset 109351810)
    associated with:
    • body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
    • shore - the land along the edge of a body of water
    • lentic - of or relating to or living in still waters (as lakes or ponds)
    is a type of: body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
    subtypes:
    • artificial lake, man-made lake, reservoir - lake used to store water for community use
    • bayou - a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
    • lagoon, laguna, lagune - a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
    • loch - Scottish word for a lake
    • lough - Irish word for a lake
    • oxbow lake - a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel
    • pond, pool - a small lake
    • tarn - a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers)
    specific instances:
    • balaton, lake balaton, plattensee - a large shallow lake in western Hungary
    • canandaigua lake, lake canandaigua - a glacial lake in central New York; one of the Finger Lakes
    • caspian, caspian sea - a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world
    • cayuga lake, lake cayuga - a glacial lake in central New York; the longest of the Finger Lakes
    • baikal, baykal, lake baikal, lake baykal - the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world
    • lake chelan - a narrow very deep lake in central Washington in the Cascade Range
    • coeur d'alene lake - a lake in northern Idaho
    • lake tahoe - a lake on the border between Nevada and California to the west of Carson City; a popular resort area
    • bodensee, constance, lake constance - a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
    • dead sea - a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level
    • eyre, lake eyre - a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
    • great salt lake - a shallow body of salt water in northwestern Utah
    • great slave lake - a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada; drained by the Mackenzie River
    • ijsselmeer - a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee
    • keuka lake, lake keuka - a glacial lake in central New York; one of the Finger Lakes
    • kivu, lake kivu - a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda
    • lake albert, lake albert nyanza, mobuto lake - a shallow lake on the border between Uganda and Congo in the Great Rift Valley
    • aral sea, lake aral - a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
    • chad, lake chad - a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river
    • champlain, lake champlain - a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812
    • lake edward - a lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda
    • erie, lake erie - the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal
    • lake geneva, lake leman - a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone
    • huron, lake huron - the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes
    • ilmen, lake ilmen - a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga
    • ladoga, lake ladoga - a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland
    • lake michigan, michigan - the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders
    • lake nasser, nasser - lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan
    • lake malawi, lake nyasa - a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi
    • lake onega, onega - lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe
    • lake ontario, ontario - the smallest of the Great Lakes
    • lake saint clair, lake st. clair - a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie
    • lake superior, superior - the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes
    • lake tana, lake tsana - a lake in northern Ethiopia; the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile
    • lake tanganyika, tanganyika - the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley
    • daryacheh-ye orumiyeh, lake urmia, urmia - a shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the western border of Turkey
    • lake vanern, vanern - a lake in southwestern Sweden; the largest lake in Sweden
    • lake victoria, victoria nyanza - the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile River
    • lake okeechobee, okeechobee - a lake in southeast Florida to the north of the Everglades
    • poyang - a lake in central China that is connected to the Chang Jiang by a canal
    • salton sea - a saltwater lake in southeastern California
    • lake seneca, seneca lake - a glacial lake in central New York; the largest of the Finger Lakes
    • lake winnipeg, winnipeg - a lake in southern Canada in Manitoba
    has:
    • floor - the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
    • inlet, recess - an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
  2. A purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal (synset 115015673)
    is a type of: pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
  3. Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments (synset 115015571)
    is a type of: pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)

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