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noun
- 1. the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space: "the house has a half-timbered facade" Similar
- 2. a deceptive outward appearance: "her flawless public facade masked private despair" Similar
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FAÇADE definition: 1. the front of a building, especially a large or attractive building: 2. a false appearance that…. Learn more.
The meaning of FACADE is the front of a building; also : any face of a building given special architectural treatment. How to use facade in a sentence. A Brief History of Facade
Facade is used literally to describe a decorative, showy, or onrate piece of architecture that frames the front of a building, as in The architect who designed this building used a showy facade on it to help it stand out from nearby buildings.
A facade is the front of a building, or a kind of front people put up emotionally. If you're mad but acting happy, you're putting up a facade.
A facade is an outward appearance which is deliberately false and gives you a wrong impression about someone or something. They hid the troubles plaguing their marriage behind a facade of family togetherness.
Definition of facade noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. The face of a building, especially the principal face. 2. An artificial or deceptive front: ideological slogans that were a façade for power struggles. [French, from Italian facciata, from faccia, face, from Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin faciēs; see dhē- in Indo-European roots .]
facade noun [C] (BUILDING) the front of a large building: the gallery's elegant 18th century facade. (Definition of facade from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. The face of a building, especially the principal face. 2. An artificial or deceptive front: ideological slogans that were a façade for power struggles. [French, from Italian facciata, from faccia, face, from Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin faciēs; see dhē- in Indo-European roots .]
A façade or facade (/ f ə ˈ s ɑː d / ⓘ;) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loanword from the French façade ( pronounced [fasad] ), which means " frontage " or " face ".
