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/ˈtɜː.lɒx/ · noun
(Ireland) A temporary lake in an area of limestone, filled by rising groundwater during the rainy winter season..
Naisi said that it was a turlough, or a disappearing lake, and that before the year's end, it would be full of water again.
How deep was that small lake—more a turlough really, filled with water in autumn and winter, a dry hollow in summer[…]
Use turlough when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Turlough means (Ireland) A temporary lake in an area of limestone, filled by rising groundwater during the rainy winter season..
Common synonyms include vernal pool.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Naisi said that it was a turlough, or a disappearing lake, and that before the year's end, it would be full of water again.
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