facade
or fa·çade
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.
Origin of facade
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How to use facade in a sentence
Today the church is wrapped in scaffolding and metal ribbons are holding its façade in place until someone pays to repair it.
Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe façade of “love” put forward by religious conservatives has been slipping, as well.
‘7th Heaven’ Dad Stephen Collins and the Christian Right’s Real Morality Tale | Amanda Marcotte | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn his infamous deposition video, you can clearly see that the “thug life” façade is stripped away.
Method Man Talks Wu-Tang Clan Reunion, Fake Rappers, and the Suge Knight Shooting | Marlow Stern | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe may look Top Gun, with his flight suit and aviator shades, but beneath the façade lays a man torn to pieces.
Ethan Hawke's 'Good Kill': A Searing Indictment of America's Drone Warfare Obsession | Marlow Stern | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo, this is a victory for corporate greed digging its claws into whatever façade of a rationalization it can get within its grasp.
The windows are ornamented by tracery, and the façade is enriched by a free use of carving.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellBelow it is the café and restaurant de la Rotonde, a very well-built looking place, with its rounding façade on the corner.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithThere are narrow sash windows on the façade and a plain square-transomed doorway with a center wrought-iron balcony overhead.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThe college is a very fine building, but is unfortunately hemmed in by a number of other buildings which hide its façade.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellNot a drop of rain fell in the river; the immense façade opposite them was as dry as a skull; yet here was this muddy cataract.
Overland | John William De Forest
British Dictionary definitions for façade
facade
/ (fəˈsɑːd, fæ-) /
the face of a building, esp the main front
a front or outer appearance, esp a deceptive one
Origin of façade
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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