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facade
Part of speech: NounFront of a building; especially, the main front.
Usage examples "facade":- In other respects, I saw it in a very favourable moment; for the twilight, shading the whole facade, concealed its plaistered walls and painted pillars; their pediments and capitals being tolerably well proportioned, and the range of windows beneath considerable, I gave the architect more credit than he deserved, and paced to and fro beneath the arcade, as pompously as if arrived at the Vatican; but the circumstance which rendered my walk in reality agreeable, was the prevalence of a delicious perfume. - "Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents", William Beckford.
- The facade was blazing with electric light. - "The Captives", Hugh Walpole.
- There were dim lights and shadows in the garden and on the shuttered facade of the great house. - "Lady Rose's Daughter", Mrs. Humphry Ward.