storefront

American  

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

noun

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.

Etymology

Origin of storefront

First recorded in 1935–40; store + front

Example Sentences

It started as a way for small businesses to have an e-commerce storefront but has also attracted larger retailers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Businesses have installed planters and other noisemaking devices to make staying in front of a storefront inconvenient.

From Los Angeles Times

A smattering of storefronts were closed, but most were open, ready to welcome tourists and local families doing their holiday shopping.

From Los Angeles Times

The fife-and-drum corps can still be found marching down Duke of Gloucester Street, whose storefronts are full of costumed interpreters making 18th-century wigs, or re-enacting the political debates that helped birth the American Revolution.

From New York Times

Her color work included abstract images of torn posters, reflections of store displays in puddles and mannequins leaning in storefronts.

From New York Times