• (RP) IPA: /lɒx/, /lɒk/
• (GA) IPA: /lɑx/, /lɑk/

loch (plural lochs)

1. (Ireland, Scotland) A lake.
2. (Ireland, Scotland) A bay or arm#Noun|arm of the sea.

• (both senses) lough (Britain)
• (lake) lake
• (bay or arm of the sea) bay, firth, sea loch

• lochan (diminutive)
• lough (Britain)

loch (plural lochs)

1. Alternative form of lohoch
   • 1897, George du Maurier, “Part Seventh”, in The Martian: A Novel (Bell’s Indian and Colonial Library), London; Bombay: George Bell and Sons, OCLC 6984012 ↗, page 324 ↗:

     Uncle James had caught a cold too, so I went with Grissel; and found a chemist who'd been in France, and knew what a loch was and made one for me; {{...}