faced

The word “faced” means having a particular kind or number of faces or surfaces. In plain terms, usually used in compounds (e.g. "stone-faced," "two-faced") to describe the kind of face or surface something has.

“Faced” is pronounced fayst (/feɪst/ in IPA).

Here is “faced” used in a sentence: “A six-faced die is another name for a standard cube die.”

“Faced” is an adjective.

“Faced” is a fairly common word in modern English.

“Faced” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: having a particular kind or number of faces or surfaces.

As a combining form, -faced describes the kind or number of faces or surfaces something has. Two-faced literally means having two faces, and figuratively means deceitful. Smooth-faced, round-faced and many-faced all follow the same pattern, attaching a describing word to "face."

As an adjective, faced usually appears in compounds and means "having a certain kind of face or surface," as in a bare-faced cliff. As a verb, faced is the past tense of face — "she faced her fears." Same spelling, different jobs in the sentence.

A many-faced crystal has many flat surfaces, or facets. A stone-faced building has an outer surface of stone. In geometry, a solid can be described by how many faces it has, so a shape might loosely be called six-faced, matching the idea of surfaces.