lake

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Science Technical

n. a type of red paint or dye made from organic materials.

n. a pigment produced by precipitating a dye with a metallic mordant, traditionally used in oil painting and food colouring.

“The artist used a crimson lake to get that deep red colour in the sunset.”

“Restorers identified the presence of madder lake in the shadows of the portrait, noting that the organic pigment had faded significantly over the centuries.”

C2 · Proficiency British English · Dialect

v. to play or have fun.

v. to engage in play, sport, or physical exertion.

“The children were out laking in the fields until it got dark.”

“In certain Northern English communities, older generations still use the term to describe children laking out in the street after school.”