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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAGOON',
LAGU'NE, n. A fen, moor, marsh, shallow pond or lake; as the lagunes of Venice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral [syn: lagoon, laguna, lagune]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French & Italian; French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna pit, pool, from lacus lake Date: 1673 1. a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water 2. a shallow artificial pool or pond (as for the processing of sewage or storage of a liquid) • lagoonal adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank, coral reef, etc. 2 the enclosed water of an atoll. 3 US, Austral., & NZ a small freshwater lake near a larger lake or river. 4 an artificial pool for the treatment of effluent or to accommodate an overspill from surface drains during heavy rain. Etymology: F lagune or It. & Sp. laguna f. L lacuna: see LACUNA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lagoon La*goon", n. [It. or Sp. laguna, L. lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake. See Lake, and cf. Lacuna.] [Written also lagune.] 1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice. 2. A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll. Lagoon island, a coral island consisting of a narrow reef encircling a lagoon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lagoons) A lagoon is an area of calm sea water that is separated from the ocean by a line of rock or sand. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Lake (shallow and communicating with the sea).

Moby Thesaurus

artificial lake, bayou lake, cistern, dam, dead water, dike, etang, farm pond, fishpond, freshwater lake, glacial lake, inland sea, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, linn, loch, lough, mere, millpond, millpool, nyanza, oxbow lake, plash, pond, pondlet, pool, puddle, reservoir, salina, salt pond, stagnant water, standing water, still water, sump, tank, tarn, tidal pond, volcanic lake, water hole, water pocket, well