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LOCH NESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
loch (Scottish word for a lake)
Meronyms (parts of "Loch Ness"):
Loch Ness monster; Nessie (a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland)
Holonyms ("Loch Ness" is a part of...):
Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)