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UK
/lɐɡˈuːn/
]
[ US /ɫəˈɡun/ ]
[ US /ɫəˈɡun/ ]
NOUN
- a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
How To Use lagoon In A Sentence
- Absorbing and retracing my history, memories of the special, never forgotten days, when our family made the crossing over the lagoon to the hummocks beyond.
- The large lagoon and break in the reef attract many species, including dugongs, whale sharks, dolphins and manta rays.
- The intertidal mudflats and coastal lagoons are important staging sites for migratory shorebirds, including red knot Calidris canutus, white-rumped sandpiper C. fuscicollis and Hudsonian godwit Limosa haemastica. Península Valdés, Argentina
- At sunup and sundown, the lagoon becomes a communal meeting place for locals.
- Muddy and broad, it picks its way across the plains, changing course at will, leaving a maze of dead ends, ox-bow lakes, swamps and lagoons.
- Another popular sandal is the Lagoon sandal, which comes in a wide variety of trendy colors, like blues and greens.
- Communities on the coral atolls are usually concentrated along the leeward shoreline of lagoons.
- Styled on the popular Parisian boulevard cafes, this delightful family restaurant overlooks the exotic lagoon-style pool.
- In July, crews fighting a blaze in a three-acre manure lagoon at a dairy farm in Washington smothered the flames with more of the same - a blanket of wet cow manure.
- We observed an influx of long-tailed ducks into coastal lagoons in July, followed by dispersal to other areas in late August.