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

Seeing that bicycle shops were doing well, he found a vacant storefront on Whittier Boulevard a block east of the Sixth Street Bridge and opened shop in July of 2020.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Revolve unveiled its TikTok storefront shortly after the feature launched in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Now, only a few small businesses are reopening in the city, like a chicken shop with a shattered storefront whose owner said his five employees have not come back.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

They set up shop in a 500-square-foot Dallas storefront stocked with skin-care products and an enticing array of wigs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Below it, women with big, pastel-colored hats filed in for a night service at a storefront church, and a whole other congregation cluttered into the liquor store next door.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older