Ozarks

[ oh-zahrks ]

noun

1. Lake of the, a recreational lake in S central Missouri, created by a 1931 dam on the Osage River. 93 sq. mi. (242 sq. km).

Example Sentences

Roughly translated from an Osage phrase meaning “smiling waters,” Ha Ha Tonka State Park is home to an outstanding bird’s-eye perspective of Lake of the Ozarks, plus the ruins of an early-1900s castle that have since been taken over by the state.

From Outside Online

For more information about rivers in the area, check out Paddling the Ozarks, by Mike Bezemek.

From Outside Online

Along its 150-mile course through the northwestern Arkansas Ozarks, the Buffalo National River passes remnants of frontier-era settlements.

From Outside Online

Well, sorry, those Ozarks are actually in Missouri, but these Ozarks are pretty incredible and should be on your Arkansas itinerary.

From The Daily Beast

The immunization numbers are even lower in Camden and Miller counties, which include the popular tourist destination Lake of the Ozarks, a notorious gathering spot that, after a raucous July 4 weekend, could be in the midst of an even nastier surge.

From The Daily Beast

Why did you switch the setting from the Ozarks to Louisiana?

From The Daily Beast

The Dickens of the Ozarks talks jazz, how his first book was published, and what he always carries with him.

From The Daily Beast

Have you used your book money and movie royalties to build the biggest house in the Ozarks?

From The Daily Beast

Woodrell and his wife, the novelist Katie Estill, live in the Ozarks, where we recently caught up with him.

From The Daily Beast

Has your family been in the Ozarks as long as anyone can remember?

From The Daily Beast

In the Ozarks he made his living by hunting and fishing, and for some years lived almost the life of a hermit.

From Project Gutenberg

He was a northern man, well educated, and had come to the Ozarks for his health, being threatened with consumption.

From Project Gutenberg

Even the conflict which had raged along the borders of Missouri and Kansas had only come as a faint echo among the Ozarks.

From Project Gutenberg

He was thought brave, for no man in the Ozarks dared to stand up against him in a fight, but at heart he was a coward.

From Project Gutenberg

He had stumbled on the secret route through the Ozarks through which recruits for the South passed.

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