noun
frontage
Frontage (noun) means the part of a building or piece of land that looks onto the road.
noun
1
The part of a building or piece of land that looks onto the road.
"War looks but to the frontage, the appearance."
— Herman Melville (1924)
"BishopsCourt appeared sometimes to want to rival the Canon's house. It looked a house-boat despite its guard of whitewashed stones and luxuriant flowers, its wooden fretwork frontage almost wholly immersed in bougainvillaea."
— Wole Soyinka (1981)
2
The strip of ground that lies between a building and the road.
3
How far a piece of land stretches along a road.
4
Land that lies right next to a lake, river or the sea.
"It is important to keep municipally owned land, especially lake frontage, in the hands of the municipality."
— The Chronicle Herald (2016)
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What is the meaning of frontage?
"frontage" (noun) means the part of a building or piece of land that looks onto the road.
What is another word for frontage?
Other words for "frontage" include frontal, facade.
What are the different meanings of frontage?
"frontage" has 3 main meanings: 1. The part of a building or piece of land that looks onto the road; 2. The strip of ground that lies between a building and the road; 3. How far a piece of land stretches along a road.
