lakefront

[leyk-fruhnt]

noun

1. the land along the edge of a lake.

   Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lakefront¹

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; lake ¹ + front

Example Sentences

In a series of posts shared on her Instagram Stories, Biles revealed images of the home’s lakefront pool and basketball court, before heading over to test out the in-ground trampoline.

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He ascended with multiple passengers the day before, at the lakefront in Chicago, but a still day meant the balloon drifted barely three miles before being towed back.

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Her log house is on a hill in the woods, away from the lakefront homes that collapsed like matchsticks in the hurricane.

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Oracle announced in April a move to Nashville, Tennessee, from Austin, where it had built a massive lakefront campus with the help of tax breaks, citing even more generous incentives from Tennessee.

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He invested only 1.6% of that sum - while spending millions on luxury cars, flights on private jets and lakefront mansions, according to court documents.

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