lagoon

[ luh-goon ]

/ ləˈgun /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR lagoon ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.Compare laguna.

Also la·gune . any small, pondlike body of water, especially one connected with a larger body of water.

an artificial pool for storage and treatment of polluted or excessively hot sewage, industrial waste, etc.

Origin of lagoon

1605–15; earlier laguna (singular), lagune (plural) <Italian <Latin lacūna (singular), lacūnae (plural) “ditch, pool,” akin to lacus basin, lake¹; see lacuna

OTHER WORDS FROM lagoon

la·goon·al, adjective

Words nearby lagoon

-lagnia, lagniappe, Lago de Nicaragua, lagom, lagomorph, lagoon, Lagoon Islands, lagophthalmia, lagophthalmic keratitis, Lagos, La Grande

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Example sentences from the Web for lagoon

The seagrass in these inshore lagoons had been wiped out by disease and a hurricane in the early 1930s, but the water was still clear enough to transmit the sunlight plants require.
How planting 70 million eelgrass seeds led to an ecosystem’s rapid recovery|Joseph Polidoro|October 14, 2020|Science News
No one knows exactly why 29-year-old Iranian costume design student Mahtab Savoji turned up dead in the Venice lagoon last week.
Iranian Found In Venice Lagoon, Alleged Victim Of Botched Sex Game|Barbie Latza Nadeau|February 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I wind up driving into a lagoon of some kind and presumably drowning.
Grand Theft Auto V Review: The Best Game Ever?!|Winston Ross|September 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A one-legged torso wearing only a stiletto-heeled boot was found floating in a Venice lagoon.
Headless Torso Found in Venice Lagoon|Barbie Latza Nadeau|June 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST

It was a perfect lagoon island, consisting of a circle of land of a light clay colour, the lagoon of a beautiful blue tint.
The Cruise of the Dainty|William H. G. Kingston
His place is on the lagoon side of the island, hard by the palace.
In the South Seas|Robert Louis Stevenson
On the single isle of Makatea, where the lagoon is now a marsh, the disease has made a home.
In the South Seas|Robert Louis Stevenson
It is located at the extreme end of a lagoon some twelve miles in circumference.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam
It was at this period when he kept the most close to the lagoon side, and as far as he dared, abode in the cover of his hut.
Island Nights' Entertainments|Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for lagoon

lagoon

/ (ləˈɡuːn) /

noun

a body of water cut off from the open sea by coral reefs or sand bars

any small body of water, esp one adjoining a larger one

Also (rare): lagune

Word Origin for lagoon

C17: from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna pool; see lacuna

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for lagoon

lagoon

[ lə-gōōn′ ]

A shallow body of salt water close to the sea but separated from it by a narrow strip of land, such as a barrier island, or by a coral reef.

A shallow pond or lake close to a larger lake or river but separated from it by a barrier such as a levee.

单词	lagoon
释义	lagoon [ luh-goon ] / ləˈgun / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lagoon ON THESAURUS.COM noun an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.Compare laguna. Also la·gune . any small, pondlike body of water, especially one connected with a larger body of water. an artificial pool for storage and treatment of polluted or excessively hot sewage, industrial waste, etc. Origin of lagoon 1605–15; earlier laguna (singular), lagune (plural) <Italian <Latin lacūna (singular), lacūnae (plural) “ditch, pool,” akin to lacus basin, lake¹; see lacuna OTHER WORDS FROM lagoon la·goon·al, adjective Words nearby lagoon -lagnia, lagniappe, Lago de Nicaragua, lagom, lagomorph, lagoon, Lagoon Islands, lagophthalmia, lagophthalmic keratitis, Lagos, La Grande Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lagoon The seagrass in these inshore lagoons had been wiped out by disease and a hurricane in the early 1930s, but the water was still clear enough to transmit the sunlight plants require. How planting 70 million eelgrass seeds led to an ecosystem’s rapid recovery\|Joseph Polidoro\|October 14, 2020\|Science News No one knows exactly why 29-year-old Iranian costume design student Mahtab Savoji turned up dead in the Venice lagoon last week. Iranian Found In Venice Lagoon, Alleged Victim Of Botched Sex Game\|Barbie Latza Nadeau\|February 5, 2014\|DAILY BEAST I wind up driving into a lagoon of some kind and presumably drowning. Grand Theft Auto V Review: The Best Game Ever?!\|Winston Ross\|September 17, 2013\|DAILY BEAST A one-legged torso wearing only a stiletto-heeled boot was found floating in a Venice lagoon. Headless Torso Found in Venice Lagoon\|Barbie Latza Nadeau\|June 2, 2013\|DAILY BEAST It was a perfect lagoon island, consisting of a circle of land of a light clay colour, the lagoon of a beautiful blue tint. The Cruise of the Dainty\|William H. G. Kingston His place is on the lagoon side of the island, hard by the palace. In the South Seas\|Robert Louis Stevenson On the single isle of Makatea, where the lagoon is now a marsh, the disease has made a home. In the South Seas\|Robert Louis Stevenson It is located at the extreme end of a lagoon some twelve miles in circumference. The World and Its People: Book VII\|Anna B. Badlam It was at this period when he kept the most close to the lagoon side, and as far as he dared, abode in the cover of his hut. Island Nights' Entertainments\|Robert Louis Stevenson British Dictionary definitions for lagoon lagoon / (ləˈɡuːn) / noun a body of water cut off from the open sea by coral reefs or sand bars any small body of water, esp one adjoining a larger one Also (rare): lagune Word Origin for lagoon C17: from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna pool; see lacuna Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lagoon pond, pool, bayou, marsh, gulf, shoal, shallows Scientific definitions for lagoon lagoon [ lə-gōōn′ ] A shallow body of salt water close to the sea but separated from it by a narrow strip of land, such as a barrier island, or by a coral reef. A shallow pond or lake close to a larger lake or river but separated from it by a barrier such as a levee. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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lagoon

noun

Origin of lagoon

OTHER WORDS FROM lagoon

Words nearby lagoon

Example sentences from the Web for lagoon

British Dictionary definitions for lagoon

noun

Word Origin for lagoon

Words related to lagoon

Scientific definitions for lagoon