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.
Recent Examples on the Web The second round will impact areas west of Madison around 1 p.m. and will move east into Milwaukee and other lakeshore communities in the evening and go out over Lake Michigan at about 9 p.m. High temperatures on Friday are expected to be in the mid to upper 70s and cooler along the lake. Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024 In comparison, two national lakeshores in Michigan, Sleeping Bear Dunes in Benzie and Leelanau counties and Pictured Rocks near Munising had 1,598,248 and 910,939 visits, respectively. Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024 His first paper dating these tracks detailed a perilous journey undertaken by what appears to be a small woman or adolescent female, carrying a child on her hip, walking fast across the muddy lakeshore. Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2024 However, there is a 20% change of precipitation from the lakeshore in Sheboygan down through Racine and Kenosha counties. Zoe Takaki, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for lakeshore 

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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 17 Jun. 2024.

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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