FRONTAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does frontal mean?
• FRONTAL (noun)
The noun FRONTAL has 3 senses:
1. an adornment worn on the forehead
2. a drapery that covers the front of an altar
3. the face or front of a building
Familiarity information: FRONTAL used as a noun is uncommon.
• FRONTAL (adjective)
The adjective FRONTAL has 4 senses:
1. belonging to the front part
2. of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air
3. meeting front to front
4. of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone
Familiarity information: FRONTAL used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FRONTAL (noun)
Meaning:
An adornment worn on the forehead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
frontlet; frontal
Hypernyms ("frontal" is a kind of...):
adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)
Meaning:
A drapery that covers the front of an altar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("frontal" is a kind of...):
curtain; drape; drapery; mantle; pall (hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window))
Meaning:
The face or front of a building
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
facade; frontage; frontal
Hypernyms ("frontal" is a kind of...):
front (the side that is seen or that goes first)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frontal"):
frontispiece (an ornamental facade)
• FRONTAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Belonging to the front part
Context example:
a frontal appendage
Similar:
anterior (of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body)
Meaning:
Of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
frontal rainfall
Domain category:
meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))
Pertainym:
front ((meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses)
Meaning:
Meeting front to front
Synonyms:
head-on; frontal
Context examples:
a frontal attack / a head-on collision
Similar:
front (relating to or located in the front)
Meaning:
Of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone
Context example:
the frontal lobes
Similar:
anterior (of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body)
