Frontal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack.
  • adj. Anatomy Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
  • adj. Anatomy Of or relating to the frontal plane.
  • adj. Of or relating to a meteorological front.
  • n. A drapery covering the front of an altar.
  • n. The façade of a building.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack.
  • adj. Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
  • adj. Of or relating to the frontal plane.
  • adj. Of or relating to a weather front.
  • n. A drapery covering the front of an altar.
  • n. The façade of a building.
  • n. The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Belonging to the front part; being in front.
  • n. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet.
  • n. An ornamental band for the hair.
  • n. The metal face guard of a soldier.
  • n. A little pediment over a door or window.
  • n. A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.
  • n. A medicament or application for the forehead.
  • n. The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being in front.
  • Of or pertaining to the forehead or frons, or to the bone of the forehead: as, the frontal crest of a bird; frontal plates of a reptile.
  • In entomology See clypeal suture, under clypeal.
  • n. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet.
  • n. Something that comes or is situated in front; a front piece or part, as (formerly) the valance of a bed.
  • n. Specifically In heraldry: The front of anything, as of a helmet or a cap.
  • n. The forehead, as of a human head, used as a bearing.
  • n. In architecture, a little pediment or frontispiece over a small door or window.
  • n. Eccles.: A movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
  • n. In England, in the middle ages, also a movable cover of wood or precious metal for the front of the altar. Such a frontal was sometimes called a table (also tabula, tablementum).
  • n. In medicine, a medicament or preparation to be applied to the forehead.
  • n. In anatomy and zoology, the frontal bone; the bone of the forehead.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. belonging to the front part
  • n. an adornment worn on the forehead
  • n. a drapery that covers the front of an altar
  • n. the face or front of a building
  • adj. of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air
  • adj. of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone
  • adj. meeting front to front
  • Equivalent
    anterior    front    frontal helve   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    adornment    drapery    pall    drape    mantle    curtain   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    frontlet    front   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    prefrontal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    parietal    anterior    medial    temporal    cerebral    lateral    subcortical    oblique    sensory    ventral