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
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Words With Friends Score: 12
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