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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

facade , exterior face or wall of a building. The term implies ordered placement of its openings and other features and thus seems inapplicable to a wall without design. Any freestanding structure may have four or more facades, designated by their orientation (e.g., north facade); a building flanked by other buildings on either side generally has only a front and a rear facade. In medieval churches the chief facade is that of the building's west end, which contains the principal entrance portals.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

fa·cade / fəˈsäd/ (also fa·çade) • n. the face of a building, esp. the principal front that looks onto a street or open space. ∎ fig. an outward appearance maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality.

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

façade. External face or elevation of a building, especially the principal front.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

façade XVII. — F., f. face, after It. facciata; see next and -ADE.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

facade •Assad, aubade, avant-garde, backyard, ballade, bard, Bernard, bombard, canard, card, charade, chard, couvade, croustade, Cunard, facade, glissade, guard, hard, ill-starred, interlard, lard, Montagnard, nard, pard, petard, pomade, promenade, regard, retard, rodomontade, roulade, saccade, Sade, salade, sard, shard, unmarred, unscarred, yard •Bayard • galliard • Savoyard •Svalbard •bombarde, Lombard •Goddard • blackguard • vanguard •Asgard • safeguard • Midgard •bodyguard • lifeguard • Bogarde •coastguard • mudguard • rearguard •fireguard • Kierkegaard • diehard •blowhard •Jacquard, placard •flashcard • railcard • racecard • Picard •scorecard • showcard • phonecard •Ballard, mallard •Willard • Abelard • bollard • Barnard •Maynard, reynard •communard • Oudenarde • Stoppard •Gerard • Everard • brassard •Hansard, mansard •Trenchard • Ostade • leotard •boulevard • scrapyard • farmyard •barnyard • graveyard • brickyard •shipyard •dockyard, stockyard •foreyard • courtyard • boatyard •woodyard • junkyard • churchyard

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