façade

noun

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French façade.

  1. derived from façade

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of facade.

    • I wandered across to the window and looked out. Quite consciously I began saying good-bye to it all. The sun was low. Towers, spires, and façades of Portland stone were white or pink against the dimming sky.
    • he wanted to know who she was deep down inside, the real Penny behind the pleasant, people-pleasing façade, as was her fate as a woman and mother

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