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MAN-MADE LAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lake used to store water for community use
Synonyms:
artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("man-made lake" is a kind of...):
lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)
Instance hyponyms:
Lake Mead (the largest reservoir in the United States; located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona and formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River; the center of a recreational area)
Lake Powell (the second largest reservoir in the United States; located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River)
Lake Volta (the Volta river in southeastern has been dammed to create one of the world's largest man-made lakes)
Holonyms ("man-made lake" is a part of...):
water; water supply; water system (a facility that provides a source of water)