Synonyms for lagoon
ləˈgunla·goon

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1. lagoon, laguna, lagunenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   laguna, lagune

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1. • Lake

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1. lagoonnoun

   Synonyms:
   lake (shallow and communicating with the sea)

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1. List of paraphrases for "lagoon":

   pond, barachois, basin, étang, dugout, laguna

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1. David Lucas:

   She was walking the dog near the lagoon and the alligator came out of the water and tried to get the dog, the lady tried to rescue the dog and a maintenance worker ran over to help.

2. Peter Dixon:

   A lagoon generates maximum at the turn of the tide when a tidal turbine like ours is actually static, not turning, so together they constructively interfere, as the scientists would say. Very effective....it's very advantageous to have both.

3. Francesco Agopyan:

   It has the typical sweetness of a crab, combined with a sapid, savory flavor due to the saltiness of the lagoon waters, it is a very popular dish, especially among Venetians but also by others. It's a special dish.

4. Steve Brusatte:

   The reason why the site is so important is that these footprints were made in a lagoon. We know from the geology this was a lagoon, sauropods were making their foot prints while they were wading in the water … We have three different layers so that is three different time intervals. This is telling us these huge dinosaurs lived or at least moved through these lagoons fairly regularly over time. This was a normal part of their repertoire.

5. Jeb Bush:

   The whole world vibrates and you're a few miles away and there's a lagoon in between you and the launch, and the light shines on the lagoon and there are like thousands of fish that are jumping because of the vibrations.