frontal
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈfɹʌntəl/
  • (America, Canada) IPA: /ˈfɹʌntəl/, /ˈfɹʌnəl/
Adjective

frontal (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
    a frontal attack
  2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
  3. (anatomy) Of or relating to the frontal plane.
  4. Of or relating to a weather front.
Translations Noun

frontal (plural frontals)

  1. (skeleton) The bone#Noun|bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
  2. (architectural element) The façade of a building#Noun|building.
  3. (Christianity) A drapery cover#Verb|covering the front of an altar.
    • 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism (page 27)
      Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.
  4. (zootomy) Any of the scale#Noun|scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eye#Noun|eyes and to the anterior of this area.
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