storefront

American  

[stawr-fruhnt, stohr-] / ˈstɔrˌfrʌnt, ˈstoʊr- /

noun

• storefronts
  plural

1. the side of a store facing a street, usually containing display windows.

2. a store or other establishment that has frontage on a street or thoroughfare.

   After the fire the family took shelter temporarily in an abandoned storefront.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the frontage of a store, especially the display windows.

   a storefront sign.

2. located or operating in a storelike area, room, or set of rooms fronting on a street.

   a storefront community center.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• storefronts
  plural

Etymology

Origin of storefront

First recorded in 1935–40; store + front

Example Sentences

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In 2024, the Perlmans sued the dealer, Leslie Roberts, who sold them the works out of his storefront in the affluent Miami neighborhood of Coconut Grove.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

On a busy road across from a dry cleaner, the storefront entrance blends into the real tire shop it’s attached to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

More recently, Wang has focused on opening her own storefront, Gu Grocery, on North Broadway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Last week, Sony announced it would stop manufacturing discs for all new PlayStation games released after January 2028, making its branded digital storefront the default retail outpost for all console owners going forward.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Three times, she hires storefront immigration counselors who promise help.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

With a population of about 2,400, it could pass for any number of prairie towns: modest houses and churches, mostly boarded-up storefronts, and a grain elevator towering above everything.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Warm jazz fills the air as crews work on new storefronts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

They form webs of businesses without storefronts that are owned by other businesses, passing vast sums of money back and forth and even overseas with minimal oversight.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

The new storefronts have especially been a boon for malls, which flailed after the rise of online shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

We drove for a few blocks in silence, passing boarded-up storefronts, rows of fast-food restaurants and liquor stores.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot