Great Lakes

plural noun

1. a series of five lakes between the United States and Canada, comprising Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior; connected with the Atlantic Ocean by the St. Lawrence River.

Great Lakes

plural noun

1. a group of five lakes in central North America with connecting waterways: the largest group of lakes in the world: consists of Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, which are divided by the border between the US and Canada and Lake Michigan, which is wholly in the US; constitutes the most important system of inland waterways in the world, discharging through the St Lawrence into the Atlantic. Total length: 3767 km (2340 miles). Area: 246 490 sq km (95 170 sq miles)

Great Lakes

1. Group of five large freshwater bodies in central North America. They include, west to east, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. Except for Lake Michigan, which is entirely within the United States, the Great Lakes serve as borders between the United States and Canada.

Major shipping route through the St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean.

Example Sentences

Record-cold temperatures and heavy snow have also hit the Great Lakes region in the Midwest, adding to the delays.

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The alarm was connected to other bases and airports all around the Great Lakes region.

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It is disorienting in precisely the way maps are not meant to be, with the Great Lakes appearing next to Venezuela, yet it also helps one see the world anew.

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At the turn of the century, employment in manufacturing expanded rapidly, largely in urban areas and locations near the Great Lakes.

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As the Fitz bent, it also broke records, setting marks for total annual tonnage as well as the biggest individual cargoes on the Great Lakes.

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