About The Word Frontal
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Frontal
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What's The Definition Of Frontal?
[n] an adornment worn on the forehead
[adj] belonging to the front part; "a frontal appendage" [adj] of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone; "the frontal lobes" [adj] meeting front to front; "a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision" [adj] (meteorology) of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air; "frontal rainfall" Synonyms | Synonyms for Frontal: anterior | front(a) | frontlet | head-on Related Terms | Find terms related to Frontal: altar | altar carpet | altar desk | altar facing | altar of prothesis | altar rail | altar side | altar slab | altar stair | altar stone | altarpiece | ancona | anterior | anteriority | bold front | bomos | brave face | brave front | chancel table | chief | Communion table | credence | display | eschara | facade | face | facet | facia | first | fore | forefront | foreground | forehand | foreland | foremost | forepart | forequarter | foreside | foreword | forward | front | front elevation | front man | front matter | front page | front view | frontage | frontier | frontispiece | gradin | head | heading | headmost | hestia | holy table | lap | leading | mensal | missal stand | obverse | predella | preface | prefix | primary | prime | priority | proscenium | prothesis | retable | retablo | rood altar | scrobis | superaltar | window dressing See Also | adornment Frontal In Webster's Dictionary \Fron"tal\, a. [Cf. F. frontal.]
Belonging to the front part; being in front; esp. (Anat.), Of
or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the
roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones.
\Fron"tal\, n. [F. frontal, fronteau, OF. Frontel, frontal, L. frontale an ornament for the forehead, frontlet. See {Front}.] 1. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet; as: (a) An ornamental band for the hair. (b) (Mil.) The metal face guard of a soldier. 2. (Arch.) A little pediment over a door or window. 3. (Eccl.) A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies. 4. (Med.) A medicament or application for the forehead. [Obs.] --Quincy. 5. (Anat.) The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium. {Frontal} {hammer or helve}, a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a ``tongue'' immediately in front of the hammer head. --Raymond. |
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