LAGOON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

Synonyms:

lagoon; laguna; lagune

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("lagoon" is a kind of...):

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lagoon"):

liman (a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river)

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb lagoon