Meanings
plural lakeshores
- attributivesometimesThe shore of a lake.
1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure We went to the lakeshore. We went holding hands. We kissed 4 times. The cold winds blew our hair and we sat embracing.
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While I'm inspecting an affordable studio apartment in the back of a lakeshore apartment building, the manager says, “I also have a lakeview apartment available, but it's considerably more expensive.”
2007, Laurie Lindeen, Petal Pusher: A Rock and Roll Cinderella Story, page 238Synonyms: lakefront
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe shore of a lake.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Danish søbred
- søbredthe shore of a lake
Dutch meeroever
- meeroeverthe shore of a lake
German Seeufer
- Seeuferthe shore of a lake
Greek ακρολιμνιά, ακρόλιμνο
- ακρολιμνιά (akrolimniá)the shore of a lake
- ακρόλιμνο (akrólimno)the shore of a lake
Hungarian tópart
- tópartthe shore of a lake
Vietnamese bờ hồ
- bờ hồthe shore of a lake
Cite this entry
lakeshore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lakeshore
“lakeshore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lakeshore. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lakeshore,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lakeshore.
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