facade

  • 31facade —     Above the pilasters, on the front facade, is a five story high keystone (Time). Although most dictionaries allow that facade can apply to any side of a building, it normally indicates the front (or face), and thus gives front facade a ring of …

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  • 32façade — n.f. Visage. Se faire démolir la façade, se faire frapper au visage, se faire casser la gueule. / Se ravaler la façade ou ravaler sa façade, se maquiller ; subir une opération de chirurgie esthétique …

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  • 33facade — /feuh sahd , fa /, n. 1. Archit. a. the front of a building, esp. an imposing or decorative one. b. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly. 2. a superficial appearance or illusion of something: They managed… …

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  • 34facade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. front; appearance, aspect, style; pretense, false front, mask, persona; stimulation, affectation. See shallowness, falsehood. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [fuh SAHD] the front or …

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  • 35facade — noun 1) a half timbered facade Syn: front, frontage, face, elevation, exterior, outside 2) a facade of bonhomie Syn: show, front, appearance, pretence, simulation …

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  • 36facade — /fəˈsad / (say fuh sahd), /fæ / (say fa ) noun 1. Architecture a face or front, or the principal face, of a building. 2. an appearance, especially a misleading one: *all her small self sacrifices and fine intentions, she saw as artificial, a… …

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  • 38façade — noun /fəˈsɑːd/ a) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation. In Egypt the façades of their rock cut tombs were ... ornamented so simply and unobtrusively as rather to belie than to announce their internal magnificence. b) The …

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  • 39facade — noun /fəˈsaːd,fəˈsɑːd/ a) The face of a building, especially the front. Eight or so gunmen stood shoulder to shoulder in the gray white trail before the barn, firing into the saloons burning, bullet pocked facade. b) A deceptive outward… …

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  • 40facade — noun Facade is used after these nouns: ↑brick …

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