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Meanings of façade in English

The face of a building.

Synonyms
Examples for "facade"
Examples for "facade"
1
Stand in the left-hand corner of the Place to examine the facade.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 / France and the Net...
2
Despite his facade of certainty, Lionel must be feeling the same way.
Hell House
3
Across from it, the splendid facade of the New York Stock Exchange.
New york: the novel
4
No, Highsmythe was a bundle of violence hiding behind a sculpted facade.
The cold room
5
On the left is a terrace and the facade of the house.
Ivanoff: A Play
Usage of façade in English
1
Taking in the windowless façade, Emma seriously doubted that claim was true.
Two Truths and a Lie
2
A part of the industry is creating this façade of an image.
Ebony
3
The only really original part of the house is the front façade.
The Irish Times
4
With the exception of the façade, it is in a pseudo-Gothic style.
Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo / Comprising a Tour Thro...
5
Tornov thought for a moment while Bazarian raged behind a placid façade.
Red inferno: 1945
6
There's no façade to speak of, and no visible means of entry.
A place of my own: the architecture of daydreams
7
Unfortunately, beautiful as she is, she is somewhat of a façade herself.
Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot
8
They're exhausted from trying to maintain the façade of a happy union.
Ebony
9
The façade is stylish, in architectural fashion of half a century since.
Hodge and His Masters
10
The whole façade of humanitarianism from the Constitution onward to the present.
The illuminatus! trilogy
11
Jim hesitated for a moment, forcing himself to maintain a cheerful façade.
The god project
12
Beneath this façade of financial correction, a blame game is proceeding apace.
The Irish Times
13
The façade is built of solid stonework throughout its length and height.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896
14
On the façade of Orvieto this motive is less altered than refined.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 3 (of 7) / The Fine Arts
15
Each façade has a lofty Saracenic arch, in which is an entrance.
Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East
16
And all the façade was black, black with ages of carbonic deposit.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days
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Façade through the time
Façade across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common