storefront

[ stawr-fruhnt, stohr- ]

/ ˈstɔrˌfrʌnt, ˈstoʊr- /

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noun

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

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.

adjective

of or relating to the frontage of a store, especially the display windows: a storefront sign.

located or operating in a storelike area, room, or set of rooms fronting on a street: a storefront community center.

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Origin of storefront

First recorded in 1935–40; store + front

Words nearby storefront

store and forward, Store Bælt, store-bought, store brand, store card, storefront, storehouse, storekeeper, store of value, storeroom, stores

How to use storefront in a sentence

This has also fueled the rise of the ghost kitchen, where a restaurant need not even have a storefront to operate.
What if Every Independent Pizzeria Was Just Part of One Big Fake Chain?|Jaya Saxena|February 3, 2021|Eater
An effective way to do this is to open a branded storefront so that readers are purchasing on-site rather than via third-party retailers.
Five commerce strategies every publisher should consider in 2021|StackCommerce|January 19, 2021|Digiday
Team officials said that arrangement was unrelated to Özil possibly playing here, though it’s hard to believe an unknown coffee brand with storefronts only in London wasn’t part of broader ambitions.
Mesut Özil playing for D.C. United seems unlikely. But it’s not impossible.|Steven Goff|January 14, 2021|Washington Post
Recess has focused on promoting its products among frontline workers and busy parents, instead, while also prioritizing its Amazon storefront.
What happened to beauty’s on-the-go wipes brands in 2020?|jim cooper|December 29, 2020|Digiday

This a major oversight for such an important storefront, and one that should be remedied urgently with the holiday season already underway.
Deep Dive: How to grow e-commerce capabilities on Amazon|Pierre Bienaimé|December 15, 2020|Digiday
Promo shots for Dee Dee King, taken by famed rock photographer Bob Gruen, are also on display at the Storefront Gallery.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings|Melissa Leon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As you walk down Shuhada Street, you see one shuttered storefront after another; hundreds of them.
Inside Hebron, Israel’s Heart of Darkness|Michael Tomasky|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Half a dozen men sit on the floor in a grimy rented storefront in the crowded Khyber Bazaar.
Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan|Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Neatly hung laundry still dangled over the main street from the second-floor balcony of an apartment above a blown-out storefront.
Who Is Behind Gaza's Mass Execution?|Jesse Rosenfeld|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Throughout the small mountain town, storefront and house windows bore decals of his son's face and the plea, "Bring Bowe Home."
Bergdahl’s Dad: Drone Killed Captor’s Kid|Michael Ames|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kurt and Alan examined every gap between every storefront on Augusta, no matter how narrow.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow
Kurt lived in the back of a papered-over storefront on Oxford.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow
The main braces of the storefront were still there, bent outward a little, but not broken.
Anything You Can Do ...|Gordon Randall Garrett