a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
"The crew set sail down the deep loch to reach the hidden harbor before sunset."
Scottish word for a lake
"The hikers stood on the shore of Loch Ness, marveling at the dark waters stretching out before them."
A lake.
"The old herbalist warned that taking too much loch could cause your tongue to swell shut."
Alternative form of lohoch (“medicine taken by licking”)
The word "loch" comes from the Scottish Gaelic language, where it originally meant a lake or sea inlet. It entered English through Middle English as "lough."