frontal
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
frontal (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
- a frontal attack
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the frontal plane.
- Of or relating to a weather front.
- French: frontal
- German: frontal, Stirn
- Italian: frontale
- Portuguese: frontal
- Russian: ло́бный
- Spanish: frontal
frontal (plural frontals)
- (skeleton) The bone#Noun|bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
- (architectural element) The façade of a building#Noun|building.
(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.
- 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism (page 27)
- (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.
- French: frontal
- French: frontal
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