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means The strip of land bordering a lake, especially as a desirable property location.

from A straightforward compound of 'lake' (from Old English 'lacu', a stream or pool) and 'front', from Latin 'frons' meaning forehead or facing side. 'Front' drifted from body part to 'the foremost part of anything' by extension, so a lakefront is simply the land that faces, and fronts, the water — the same logic that gives us waterfront, oceanfront, and riverfront.