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Facade

Facade Meaning & Definition
Facade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Facade?

[n] the face or front of a building
[n] a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

Synonyms | Synonyms for Facade: frontage | window dressing

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See Also | deceit | deception | front | frontispiece | misrepresentation

Facade In Webster's Dictionary

\Fa`[,c]ade"\ (f[.a]`s[.a]d" or f[.a]`s[=a]d"), n. [F., fr. It. facciata, fr. faccia face, L. facies. See {Face}.] (Arch.) The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its fa[,c]ade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.

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