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front matter

front matter noun: within a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text.

Noun

front matter (uncountable)

  1. Within a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text.
    • Meronyms: acknowledgements, copyright page, dedication, edition notice, foreword, frontispiece, half title, introduction, preface, prologue, table of contents, title page
    Synonyms:
    forematter, prelims

Synonyms of front matter

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Forms of front matter

alternative formfrontmatter
alternative formfront-matter

Questions about front matter

What does front matter mean?
Front matter means within a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text.
What part of speech is front matter?
Front matter is a noun.

Words near front matter in the dictionary

  1. front load
  2. front loader
  3. front loaders
  4. front loads
  5. front man
  6. front matter
  7. front men
  8. front money
  9. front name
  10. front names
  11. Front National

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