Library / English Dictionary

FRONTAGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The face or front of a building

Synonyms:

facade; frontage; frontal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("frontage" is a kind of...):

front (the side that is seen or that goes first)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frontage"):

frontispiece (an ornamental facade)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The extent of land abutting on a street or water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("frontage" is a kind of...):

extent (the distance or area or volume over which something extends)

Domain category:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The direction in which something (such as a building) faces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("frontage" is a kind of...):

direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)

Derivation:

front (be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to)

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