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lakefront

lakefront

12 2.7
Land next to a lake where people walk or live
  • noun
  • /ˈleɪkfrʌnt/
translation icon : orilla del lago
  • Many tourists enjoy the scenic views along the lakefront during the summer months.
  • lakefront property
  • lakefront home
  • lakefront cottage

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Examples

  • The trail along Milwaukee's lakefront is a stretch runners like Ashley Frahm treasure.

    Blog text (31)
  • Along the lakefront, men were erecting makeshift roofs over the ornamental palm trees, getting ready for snow.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • 1.5 acres of lakefront property.

  • And who ends up with lakefront property bought for a fraction of the market price?

  • My mother owned a lakefront cabin, not far from where the bodies were discovered.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • You can board the boat at the docks near the Lakefront Hotel.

    Blog text (15)
  • The house sits up on a hill about a hundred feet from the sun-bleached dock down at the lakefront.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Now, more than a dozen Chicago skyscrapers and lakefront buildings turn off outdoor lights or close window shades and curtains to reduce bird deaths.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The dramatically scaled-back resort will now feature only forty single-family homes and a lakefront clubhouse.

    Academic text (2000)
  • They purchased a beautiful piece of lakefront land for their summer home.

Synonyms

shore
vslakefront
441 1.0

Land at the edge of a sea or lake

is limited to lake edges and not all water edges
shoreline
vslakefront
48 2.7

The line where land meets water like a sea, lake or river

refers to the land beside water not the meeting line
lakeside
vslakefront
16 2.5

Land beside a lake where the water meets the shore

means the same lake-edge land in the provided description
lakeshore
vslakefront
6 2.2

Land next to a lake where water reaches the land

means the same lake-edge land in the provided description
waterside
vslakefront
2 3.2

Land along the edge of a river or lake

is limited to land at a lake edge not all waters
shorefront
vslakefront
1 3.6

Land at the edge of a lake or the sea

is specific to lake edges rather than all shore types
shoreland
vslakefront
1 3.4

Land next to water like a lake or sea

is narrower, referring only to lake edge land
shoreside
vslakefront
1 3.4

An area of land next to a body of water

is the simple natural land beside a lake, not built uses

Surface Forms

lakefront singular
lakefronts plural

Morphology

lakefront = lake + front (transparent) = lake + front

A direct compound of 'lake' + 'front' whose meaning 'land along the edge of a lake' is predictable from the components.

Etymology

The word lakefront is made of lake and front, where front means 'the edge or side' of something, like the front of a house. So lakefront is the land right along the edge of a lake.