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
Across Doel, traditional facades are painted with bright, modern art.
Graffiti Saved This Belgian Ghost Town from Government Bulldozers | Nina Strochlic | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI love its late daylight against old building facades; its 30-cent bananas from the stands on the corner; its new bike lanes.
How often do you look up at the facades looming overhead as you saunter down the street?
The Royal Academy Wants You to Finish This Artwork | Chloë Ashby | January 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot to mention multiple facades of playing girlfriend with my friends to get more people off my back in High School.
I Had a Fake Girlfriend, Too! In Defense of Manti Te’o | The Daily Beast | January 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe facades of two six-story buildings have been shorn off, allowing a glimpse into wrecked apartments.
After Beirut Bombing of Wissan al-Hassan, a Wary Calm in Lebanon | Jamie Dettmer | October 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Overhead, between two facades, one saw a strip of paleness which one knew was the moonlit sky.
Simon the Jester | William J. LockeTheir facades showed fantasies of weather sculpture that looked like ruined castles and cathedrals with cave mouths for entrances.
Rimrock Trail | J. Allan DunnThese modern buildings, topped with slate or lead roofs and ornamented with sculptured facades, become every day more numerous.
The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer | Eugne SueThey have illuminated the facades, women are dancing beneath the sparkling chandeliers.
The Downfall | Emile ZolaFacades of public buildings were formed for the day of radiant human faces.
The Public Life of Queen Victoria | John McGilchrist
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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