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lakes

NOUN

inland body of water

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basin lagoon pond pool reservoir

STRONG

creek loch mere millpond mouth sluice spring tarn

WEAK

inland sea lakelet

Example Sentences

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Since then, the family have learned of the deaths of more young people in rivers and lakes across the UK.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

This hidden landscape helps determine the location of subglacial basins and lakes and may affect the stability of regions of the Antarctic Ice Sheet that are particularly vulnerable to climate change.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

The company has pledged globally to replenish more fresh water than it consumes by 2030 by restoring lakes and wetlands and improving technologies used in agriculture.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Many of Brazil’s estimated 1.2 million capybaras have migrated from their natural habitats, forests and grasslands along rivers and lakes, to cities.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

The tunnels then are storm-sewers, and the spaces between buildings become canals or lakes, on which the people of Rer boat to their business, fending off small ice-floes with the oars.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin