Definition of FRONTAL

frontal

Meanings

Plural: frontals

Noun

  • an adornment worn on the forehead
  • a drapery that covers the front of an altar
  • the face or front of a building
  • Ellipsis of frontal bone.
  • A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
  • The façade of a building.

Adjective Satellite

  • belonging to the front part
    • "a frontal appendage"
  • meeting front to front
    • "a frontal attack"
  • of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone
    • "the frontal lobes"

Adjective

  • of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air
    • "frontal rainfall"

Adj

  • Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
  • Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
  • Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.
  • Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
  • Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.
  • Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.
  • Of or relating to a weather front.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, from frons (“the forehead, brow, front”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to front + -al; cognate of French frontal. Doublet of frontalis.

Scrabble Score: 10

frontal is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
frontal is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
frontal is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

frontal is a valid Words With Friends word