noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK:/ˈleɪk.ʃɔː/
US:/ˈleɪk.ʃɔɹ/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The shore of a lake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, sometimes
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the shore of a lake
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lakeside
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shore
History
Etymology
From lake + shore.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Danish:
søbred
— the shore of a lake
Dutch:
meeroever
— the shore of a lake
German:
Seeufer
— the shore of a lake
Greek:
ακρολιμνιά
(akrolimniá)
— the shore of a lake
Greek:
ακρόλιμνο
(akrólimno)
— the shore of a lake
