Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lochside

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: lochside
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bordering or near a loch.

noun

The land bordering a loch.

Example Sentences

"Until the Crinan Canal was opened in 1801 there was little on this lochside spot apart from a 7th-century church."
"[…] a BBC behind-the-scenes documentary about the royal family’s life, showing the royals watching television, meeting visitors, holding a lochside barbecue while on holiday at Balmoral and even buying sweets in a local shop."
"Here were the MacKays' cattle coming steadily up the track from their daily grazings on the lochside driven by Glen."

Etymology

Etymology tree English loch Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English lochside From loch + -side.

Inflected Forms

lochsides (plural)

Questions

What does lochside mean?: Bordering or near a loch.
Where does lochside come from?: Etymology tree English loch Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English lochside From loch + -side.

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