lakeshore

noun

lake·​shore ˈlāk-ˌshȯr How to pronounce lakeshore (audio)
: the shore of a lake
also : lakefront

Examples of lakeshore in a Sentence

Follow this path to the lakeshore.
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Historians say French Jesuit missionary Pere Marquette, who with Louis Jolliet first mapped the northern Mississippi Valley, including some of the Great Lakes, visited the Waukegan lakeshore in 1673. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025 No, they is currently designated as a national lakeshore. Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024 Michigan national lakeshore ranked among deadliest to visit this winter. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025 Illinois has one of the highest property-tax rates in the country, and residents of Chicago, thirty miles up the lakeshore, pay a sales tax of more than ten per cent. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lakeshore

Word History

First Known Use

1798, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lakeshore was in 1798

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“Lakeshore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lakeshore. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

Geographical Definition

Lakeshore

geographical name

Lake·​shore ˈlāk-ˌshȯr How to pronounce Lakeshore (audio)
town east of Windsor on the southern shore of Lake Saint Clair in southeastern Ontario, Canada population 34,546
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