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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The quirky storefront invites passersby to stop and have a look, almost like curious cats themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 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

Some of the company’s biggest rivals are Sony’s PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and Steam, the digital storefront for PC games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

We launched that digital storefront Feb. 20 despite internal skepticism about working with a competitor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

These women held demonstrations, interrupted government speakers, and shattered storefront and office windows to bring attention to their cause.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

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

“You have a lot of vacant storefronts, you have a lot of vacant lots, empty homes, and…really deep poverty that hasn’t been addressed by what’s going on downtown.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Shuttered storefronts lined Calle Real, the city's main commercial artery, where the usual flow of shoppers and residents had been replaced by scores of migrants milling around the streets.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 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