facade

[US]/fə'sɑ:d/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the front of a building; an outward appearance or illusion.

Phrases & Collocations

building facade

facade design

beautiful facade

facade renovation

Example Sentences

the ornate facade of the Palace

the frail facade of petit bourgeois respectability.

the grim facts behind the facade of gaiety

the facade is a strange concoction of northern Mannerism and Italian Baroque.

her flawless public facade masked private despair.

The only wizarding hospital we know of,St. Mungo's is located behind the facade of Purge and Dowse, Ltd.in London.

The only wizarding hospital we know of, St. Mungo's is located behind the facade of Purge and Dowse, Ltd., in London (more...

A flash empurpled all the facades in the street as though the door of a furnace had been flung open, and hastily closed again.

Percier and Fontaine, Napoleon's architects who designed the Malmaison, creat beyond the facade a warm decor, made of antic marble columns adding beauty to the half moon shaped wood counter.

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