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noun
The front part of a property or building that faces the street.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The land between a property and the street.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The length of a property along a street.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Property or territory adjacent to a body of water.
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noun
The front part generally.
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noun
A woman's breasts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
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noun
a front: a public and perhaps false face or façade to some hidden, covert reality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the face or front of a building
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: facade, frontal
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Broader terms: front
Narrower terms: frontispiece
noun
the extent of land abutting on a street or water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: extent
noun
the direction in which something (such as a building) faces
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Broader terms: direction
History
Etymology tree English front Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English frontage From front + -age.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
