lake
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6.1
- noun
- /leɪk/
- Specialized
- Jim craig's been the anchor of this team, playing every minute of every game here in lake placid.
Examples
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In data engineering, a lake stores vast amounts of raw information that can be processed later.
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But manifestly it is a hockey game -- the united states and the soviet union on a sheet of ice in lake placid, New York.
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Is there a clear path to the lake for some people and roadblocks for others?
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Despite these similarities, the two lake districts differ in many ways.
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"No amount of plastic in the lakes is acceptable," Mason said.
Blog text (2) -
She left her phone in Lake Arrowhead and she finally got it back today.
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There is a huge lake of melted fresh water under the Antarctic's ice cap.
Blog text (17) -
I'M JIM McKAY, And we're back again live in lake placid, New York.
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The company built a lake to manage their unprocessed data efficiently for future analysis.
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Researchers analyzed a lake of data that contained years of raw information from various sources.
Idioms
Compounds
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1.3
The capital of Utah near the Great Salt Lake and home to the main offices of the Mormon Church
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2.7
A large clear lake with fresh water on the border of Nevada and California popular for skiing and summer holidays
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2.7
The largest freshwater lake in the world on the border of the United States and Canada
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3.6
A very large manmade lake on the Nevada and Arizona border formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River
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3.2
A beautiful area in northwest England with lakes, mountains, and small villages that visitors like
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3.4
A large lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that the Rhone River crosses
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1.1
A large freshwater lake between Michigan and Ontario that is one of the Great Lakes
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2.2
The largest lake in Africa between Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania that feeds the Nile
- US
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3.4
A large freshwater fish like a salmon found in cold northern lakes and caught for food and sport
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6.8
A large lake between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo with beautiful shores and underwater gas
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3.5
A lake between Ontario, Canada and Michigan, USA that connects Lake Huron and Lake Erie
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4.6
A large shallow lake on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa
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3.7
A large lake on the border of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria where the Rhine flows
- Literature
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8.1
A group of English poets who lived in the Lake District and wrote about its landscape
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6.1
A large lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada drained by the Mackenzie River
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3.5
A lake between Ontario, Canada, and Michigan, USA that connects Lake Huron and Lake Erie
A national park in Oregon with the deepest lake in the United States formed in a volcano crater
- Offensive
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4.7
A large national park in Alaska with mountains, lakes, and old Native sites
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3.1
A large lake in southeastern Africa that is between Malawi, Tanzania and Mozambique
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3.1
A large freshwater lake in southern Manitoba, Canada with many fishing communities
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6.3
A large lake in northern Idaho known for its beauty and for boating and fishing
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6.0
A large lake between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan now much smaller because people took water from rivers
- Offensive
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5.5
A large national park in Alaska with wild nature and old sites of Native people
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6.2
A large lake in northwest Russia near the border with Finland, the second largest in Europe
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6.5
The largest freshwater lake in China in Jiangxi province, connected to the Yangtze River
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9.9
A fight in central Italy in 217 BC where Hannibal defeats Roman forces led by Flaminius
A battle in 217 BC in Italy during the Second Punic War where Hannibal ambushed and defeated a Roman army
A 217 BC ambush near Lake Trasimene where Hannibal defeats a Roman army
A shallow lake on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in East Africa
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lake in computing uses the image of a big natural lake that holds many things in one place. So a 'data lake' is a central place that keeps large amounts of 'raw' data for later use.