Hypertext Webster Gateway: "facade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Facade \Fa`[,c]ade"\ (f[.a]`s[.a]d" or f[.a]`s[=a]d"), n. [F.,
fr. It. facciata, fr. faccia face, L. facies. See {Face}.]
(Arch.)
The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having
some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have
its fa[,c]ade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
facade
n 1: the face or front of a building [syn: {frontage}]
2: a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something
unpleasant [syn: {window dressing}]
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