NOUN | artifact | facade, frontage, frontal | the face or front of a building |
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communication | facade, window dressing | a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant |
Sounds | fahsaa'd | |
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Rhymes | arthropod ... wad: 38 rhymes with aad... |
Meaning | The face or front of a building. | |
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Synonyms | frontage, frontal | |
Narrower | frontispiece | An ornamental facade |
Broader | front | The side that is seen or that goes first |
Spanish | fachada | |
Catalan | façana |
Meaning | A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant. | |
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Synonym | window dressing | |
Broader | misrepresentation, deceit, deception | A misleading falsehood |
Spanish | apariencia, fachada | |
Catalan | aparença |
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