a large inland body of watera surplus of a liquid product a wine lake [Middle English via early French lac from Latin lacus]
a deep purplish red pigment orig prepared from lac or cochinealany of numerous usu bright pigments composed essentially of a soluble dye absorbed in or combined with an inorganic carriera vivid red colour; carmine [French laque lac, via Old Provençal laca from Arabic lakk: see lacquer1]