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noun
- 1. the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space.
2 days ago · 1. countable noun. The facade of a building, especially a large one, is its front wall or the wall that faces the street. ...the repairs to the building's facade. 2. singular noun. A facade is an outward appearance which is deliberately false and gives you a wrong impression about someone or something.
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. This word has to do with the outer layer of something. One sense has to do with the front or outside of a building.
Check pronunciation: facade. Definition of facade noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun [ C ] ( also façade) uk / fəˈsɑːd / us. facade noun [C] (APPEARANCE) Add to word list. a false appearance: Behind that amiable facade, he's a deeply unpleasant man. facade noun [C] (BUILDING) the front of a large building: the gallery's elegant 18th century facade.
noun. Architecture. the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly. a superficial appearance or illusion of something: They managed somehow to maintain a facade of wealth. QUIZ. Test Your Solar Eclipse Knowledge With Our Quiz.
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 .]
1. a. the front of a building, esp. an imposing or decorative one. b. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly. 2. a superficial appearance of something. [1650–60; < French < Upper Italian faciada, Italian facciata, derivative of faccia face]
