lagoon

Definition of Lagoon in English :

1. lagoon, laguna, lagune

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lagoon

noun

1.

a body of water cut off from the open sea by coral reefs or sand bars

2.

any small body of water, esp one adjoining a larger one

noun

1.

a shallow lake or pond, esp. one connected with a larger body of water

2.

the area of water enclosed by a circular coral reef, or atoll

3.

an area of shallow salt water separated from the sea by sand dunes

n.

1. A shallow body of water, especially one separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs.

2. A shallow artificial pond used for treating or storing liquid waste material or for collecting flood waters.