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Loch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cavity noun A hollow space or hole inside something solid.
  • hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  • hollow noun A small valley or dip between hills, or a sunken area on a surface.
  • loch noun A lake, or a narrow inlet of the sea, especially in Scotland.
  • pit noun A hole or hollow in the ground.

Senses

Loch is used for these senses in English:

  • cavity A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.
  • cavity (dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.
  • hole An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
  • hole (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
  • hollow An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
  • loch (Ireland, Scotland) A bay or arm of the sea.
  • pit (countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
  • pit Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.

cavity — full definition

  1. noun A hollow space or hole inside something solid.
  2. noun A decayed, hollow spot in a tooth caused by tooth decay.

hole — full definition

  1. noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or gap in an argument, plan, or system.
  3. noun In golf, one of the numbered targets a player aims the ball into, or a full round segment of the course leading to it.

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