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frontals

frontals is the plural of frontal.

Meaning of frontal

Noun

frontal (plural frontals)

  1. A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
    • 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
  2. The façade of a building.

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Questions about frontals

What is frontals the plural of?
Frontals is the plural of frontal.

Words near frontals in the dictionary

  1. frontalize
  2. frontalized
  3. frontally
  4. frontalmost
  5. frontaloccipital
  6. frontals
  7. frontate
  8. frontated
  9. frontbench
  10. frontbencher
  11. frontbenchers

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