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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The face or front of a building
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("frontage" is a kind of...):
front (the side that is seen or that goes first)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frontage"):
frontispiece (an ornamental facade)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The extent of land abutting on a street or water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("frontage" is a kind of...):
extent (the distance or area or volume over which something extends)
Domain category:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Sense 3
Meaning:
The direction in which something (such as a building) faces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("frontage" is a kind of...):
direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)
Derivation:
front (be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to)