"barrier lake" meaning in All languages combined

See barrier lake on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: barrier lakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} barrier lake (plural barrier lakes)
  1. A lake formed when a river is dammed by a landslide. Hyponyms: quake lake
    Sense id: en-barrier_lake-en-noun-cTNronRE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "barrier lake (plural barrier lakes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A lake formed when a river is dammed by a landslide."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "quake lake"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-barrier_lake-en-noun-cTNronRE",
      "links": [
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "dam",
          "dam"
        ],
        [
          "landslide",
          "landslide"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "barrier lake"
}

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    {
      "form": "barrier lakes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "barrier lake (plural barrier lakes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A lake formed when a river is dammed by a landslide."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "quake lake"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "dam",
          "dam"
        ],
        [
          "landslide",
          "landslide"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "barrier lake"
}

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