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(archaic) The part of a building above the ground level.
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(archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
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Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
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A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
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Alternative form of backside [The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.]
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Alternative spelling of back door, which can be used attributively. [A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.]
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Equipped with a backgate
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Alternative form of back row [The last row of seats in a theater or any group of seats.]
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(sports) Alternative form of back wall [(squash, racquetball) The wall at the back of a racquetball or squash court, directly opposite the front wall.]
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(grammar) A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
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Measures taken by a state or a bloc of states to monitor its borders and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across the border.
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Land near a border; marches.
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(US) A metropolitan area on the border of the United States and Mexico.
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(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
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Alternative spelling of cross bearer [(Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a Christian religious procession.]
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(US) Extending across a city or town.
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(figuratively) A means of approach or access.
adj
Alternative spelling of down-line [Describing a lower level in a hierarchical management structure]
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(architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
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(architecture) the practice of retaining only the facade of an old building when redeveloping a site.
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Alternative form of facade. [(architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.]
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(transitive) To place to the side(s) of.
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(architecture) Any projecting construction; forepart.
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Alternative spelling of fore edge [The front edge of something.]
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A door located at the fore part of a house or dwelling; front door.
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(obsolete) A defense in front.
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The front or forward part or room of a house; a foyer.
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The forward or front part of a passageway; an entryway to a passage.
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The front or forward-facing piece of an object, especially of a cap
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(architecture) A portion of a building that protrudes out.
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(UK) A seafront or coastal promenade.
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(literally) The door at the main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street.
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(real estate) The width, in feet, of the front of a property.
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The gate at the front of a property, especially a residential property.
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The site of interaction with outsiders, such as customers.
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The part of a restaurant, theatre, business, etc. presented to the public.
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Pertaining to the portion of a business or organization that deals with customers and revenue generation.
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The front part of a property or building that faces the street.
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An owner of property that fronts onto a street or a waterway.
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(architecture) The façade of a building.
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(obsolete) An outwork of a fortification.
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(architecture) A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door.
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An ornament worn on the forehead.
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(architecture) A pediment.
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(architecture) Alternative form of fronton (“a pediment”) [(architecture) A pediment.]
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(US, architecture) a door to the hall or foyer from the parlor to allow for the movement of caskets; from the time when the wealthy would host their wakes and funerals in their own homes. It is a supplementary door to the main doors of the front parlor. The funeral door existed to allow for the dead to move through doors without needing to use the doorways used by the living.
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(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of gate. [A doorlike structure outside a house.]
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The front of a house, the side that faces the street.
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(obsolete) A promontory.
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(real estate, slang) An attractive facade applied only to the front of a house.
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(Britain, Shropshire dialect) A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
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An entrance to building through its side.
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(dated) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road.
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(chiefly attributive) A piece of furniture whose upper section is further back than the lower part, forming a flat shelf or step between them.
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The entrance to a large house, used by tradesmen to deliver goods and services; usually at the side or rear.
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(US) An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.
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Alternative form of walk-up [(US) An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.]
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