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frontage

American  
[fruhn-tij] / ˈfrʌn tɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the front of a building or lot.

  2. the lineal extent of this front.

    a frontage of 200 feet.

  3. the direction it faces.

    The house has an ocean frontage.

  4. land abutting on a river, street, etc..

    He was willing to pay the higher cost of a lake frontage.

  5. the land between a building and the street, a body of water, etc..

    He complained that the new sidewalk would decrease his frontage.


frontage British  
/ ˈfrʌntɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the façade of a building or the front of a plot of ground

  2. the extent of the front of a shop, plot of land, etc, esp along a street, river, etc

  3. the direction in which a building faces

    a frontage on the river

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of frontage

First recorded in 1615–25; front + -age


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The tea room is temporarily closed until 7 October while filming takes place for Ludwig; its frontage has been transformed to resemble a bank, which it was before becoming a community venue.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The property spans 5,135 square feet with 70 feet of beach frontage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The property includes 300 feet of frontage and lush landscaping.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

The roughly 1.16-acre property in Point Dume has nine bedrooms, a 20-vehicle garage and about 176 feet of bluff frontage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

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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