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

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frontage

“Elevated high above the flood zone and offering 1,250 feet of direct water frontage the property unfolds with extraordinary scale and privacy.”

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

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

Emergency services were called to Newington Causeway at 08:06 GMT on Wednesday after the crash, during which a bus that was not in service smashed into the window frontage of Southwark Playhouse Borough.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 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 crowd obscured what was happening, but suddenly the rotten frontage of a building gave way and collapsed.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi