tarn

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She said the animal is likely to have been kept at a pet, ending up in the tarn when owners struggled to keep up with its care demands or decided they did not want it.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

The tarn sits in a granite basin, ringed by grass and rocks.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2017

A lake that is confined to a glacial cirque is known as a tarn such as Silver Lake near Brighton Ski resort located in Big Cottonwood Canyon or Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Primum, constat nullum habuisse tarn pugnare: quod exsurrexerunt, quia non debuit.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013

With the gray suit, she wore a cherry-colored tarn pulled over one eye and vici-kid high buttoned shoes with spool heels.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith