frontage
Americannoun
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the front of a building or lot.
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the lineal extent of this front.
a frontage of 200 feet.
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the direction it faces.
The house has an ocean frontage.
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land abutting on a river, street, etc..
He was willing to pay the higher cost of a lake frontage.
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the land between a building and the street, a body of water, etc..
He complained that the new sidewalk would decrease his frontage.
noun
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the façade of a building or the front of a plot of ground
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the extent of the front of a shop, plot of land, etc, esp along a street, river, etc
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the direction in which a building faces
a frontage on the river
Etymology
Origin of frontage
Example Sentences
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The property, which has 200 feet of frontage on the Atlantic, has a 2,100-square-foot main house and a smaller guesthouse, according to the listing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
The property is a part of the private neighborhood known as Bay Colony and sits on a cul-de-sac with 170 feet of water frontage.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025
The project also would redesign the frontage along Anaheim and Gaffey streets to make walking along them more appealing.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
She said she repainted the frontage to help her salon stand out and the pink door had helped bring in customers.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025
The crowd obscured what was happening, but suddenly the rotten frontage of a building gave way and collapsed.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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