Definition

1. Noun:
   • The face or front of a building: The exterior side of a building that is most prominent or contains the main entrance.
   • The direction in which something (such as a building) faces: The orientation or outlook of a property.
   • The extent of land abutting on a street or water: The linear measurement of a plot of land along a road, river, lake, or other front.

Usage

• As a noun describing a building's exterior:
  • The historic building's ornate frontage was carefully restored.
  • The store has a modern glass frontage.
• As a noun describing orientation:
  • The house has a southern frontage, so it gets plenty of sun.
• As a noun describing land measurement:
  • The property has a 50-meter frontage on Main Street, which is valuable for retail.
  • They bought a cabin with 200 feet of lake frontage.

Advanced Usage

• "Road frontage": The length of a property's boundary that runs along a public road.
  • Commercial value is often determined by the amount of road frontage.
• "Water frontage": The length of a property's boundary that adjoins a body of water.
  • Homes with water frontage are typically more expensive.

Variants and Related Words

• Front (noun): The side or part of something that faces forward or is most often seen or used. (e.g., ).
• Façade (noun): The front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one. (e.g., ).

Synonyms

• Façade: The principal front of a building.
• Exposure: The direction a building or slope faces.
• Front: The foremost part or surface of something.

Related Phrases

• To have frontage on/onto something: To have a boundary along a specific feature.
  • The hotel has frontage onto the beach.
  • Their land has frontage on the river.

Noun

1. the face or front of a building
2. the direction in which something (such as a building) faces
3. the extent of land abutting on a street or water