MAN-MADE LAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does man-made lake mean? 

• MAN-MADE LAKE (noun)
  The noun MAN-MADE LAKE has 1 sense:

1. lake used to store water for community use

  Familiarity information: MAN-MADE LAKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAN-MADE LAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lake used to store water for community use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir

Hypernyms ("man-made lake" is a kind of...):

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Instance hyponyms:

Lake Mead (the largest reservoir in the United States; located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona and formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River; the center of a recreational area)

Lake Powell (the second largest reservoir in the United States; located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River)

Lake Volta (the Volta river in southeastern has been dammed to create one of the world's largest man-made lakes)

Holonyms ("man-made lake" is a part of...):

water; water supply; water system (a facility that provides a source of water)