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.

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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

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Etymology

Origin of frontage

First recorded in 1615–25; front + -age

Example Sentences

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

Though residences lack direct frontage on Lake Tahoe—typically the area’s priciest real estate—Martis Camp provides a Tom Fazio-designed golf course and a members-only chairlift to ski terrain at Northstar California Resort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

It spans 9.5 acres and includes a rare 300 feet of ocean frontage near El Pescador State Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

A bookshop famed for its ornate oak frontage has announced its closure after more than 140 years.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023

The crowd obscured what was happening, but suddenly the rotten frontage of a building gave way and collapsed.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi