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facade |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Facade \Fa`[,c]ade"\ (f[.a]`s[.a]d" or f[.a]`s[=a]d"), n. [F., fr It facciata fr faccia face, L. facies. See {Face}.] (Arch.) The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its fa[,c]ade unfinished, though the interior may be in use From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: facade n 1: the face or front of a building [syn: {frontage}] 2: a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant [syn: {window dressing}]
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