gulf. lake

Roget category 343

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.2. Inorganic matter
›› 3.2.2. Fluid matter

#343. Gulf. Lake

noun

land covered with water, gulf, gulph^†, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou [U.S.], fiord, armlet — frith^†, firth, ostiary^†, mouth — lagune^†, lagoon — indraught^† — cove, creek — natural harbor — roads — strait — narrows — Euripus — sound, belt, gut, kyles^† — continental slope, continental shelf.
lake, loch, lough^†, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin^†, puddle, slab, well, artesian well — standing water, dead water, sheet of water — fish pond, mill pond — ditch, dike, dyke, dam — reservoir etc. (store) 636 — alberca^†, barachois^†, hog wallow [U.S.].

adjective

lacustrine^†.

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