definition of the word front

From Middle English frount: forehead, brow, front

• IPA: /fɹʌnt/
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• Rhymes: -ʌnt

front (plural fronts)

1. The side or end of something that faces the direction it normally moves.
2. The side of a building with the main entrance.
3. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group
4. An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
5. (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature. Fronts receive their names from the movement of the air masses involved.
6. (meteorology) An area where masses of warm and cold air meet, often resulting in precipitation.
7. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
8. (military) The direction of the enemy.
9. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
10. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

• back
• rear

• cold front
• front door
• front-facing
• frontline
• front of house
• front runner
• occluded front
• shop front
• stationary front
• storefront
• warm front
• weather front

Definition from Wiktionary Content avaible with GNU Free Documentation License

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