facade has definitions from the field of architecture
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[ noun ] (architecture) the face or front of a building

Synonyms

frontal frontage

Used in print

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

It squatted low and square upon the sidewalk with a heavy iron grating supporting a glass facade .

Related terms

front frontispiece

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[ noun ] a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

Synonyms

window_dressing

Related terms

misrepresentation

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