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| 1. | [ adjective ] belonging to the front part | |
| Examples: | "a frontal appendage" |
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| Related terms: | anterior | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] meeting front to front | |
| Synonyms: | head-on | |
| Examples: | "a frontal attack" "a head-on collision |
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| Related terms: | front | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone | |
| Examples: | "the frontal lobes" |
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| Related terms: | anterior | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (meteorology) of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air | |
| Examples: | "frontal rainfall" |
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| Related terms: | meteorology front | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a drapery that covers the front of an altar | |
| Related terms: | curtain | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (architecture) the face or front of a building | |
| Synonyms: | facade frontage | |
| Related terms: | front frontispiece | |
| 7. | [ noun ] an adornment worn on the forehead | |
| Synonyms: | frontlet | |
| Related terms: | adornment | |
| Similar spelling: |
frontally front frontstall frontlet frontage Frint frontmost front_man front_yard front_line frontier Frenette frenetic frontward front_end frond |
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