frontage
noun
front·age
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Definition of frontage
1a
: a piece of land that lies adjacent (as to a street or the ocean)
b
: the land between the front of a building and the street
c
: the length of a frontage
2
: the act or fact of facing a given way
3
: the front side of a building
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Examples of frontage in a Sentence
We have 200 feet of frontage on Main Street.
the vineyard's southern frontage results in earlier-than-usual ripening of the grapes
Recent Examples on the Web
The river frontage along the Farmington is stupendous. — Peter Marteka, courant.com, "A journey along the Farmington River in Bloomfield," 23 Aug. 2019 Code requires at least 200 feet of road frontage along both Pearl and Whitney. — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, "Proposed Arby’s in Strongsville clears BZA, but City Council puts plan on hold," 30 July 2019 On July 18, Diamond Club Entertainment LLC gave a brief presentation to the village of Summit Plan Commission with its eyes set on a 57-acre parcel west of Dousman Road and north of Delafield Road on frontage along Interstate 94. — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "After hitting an impasse in Pewaukee, a developer proposes 3,000 seat ballpark, wellness facility in Summit," 26 July 2019 The new city administration building will be located immediately to the north of the current building, closer to the frontage of Newark Boulevard. — Joseph Geha, The Mercury News, "Newark to break ground on nearly $90 million civic center project," 7 Aug. 2019 The building’s co-owners, identified by the county assessor’s office as Alan Aghabegian and Greta Torossian, further plan to replace existing doors and windows and install a sleeker steel-cable handrail along the Foothill frontage. — Sara Cardine, La Cañada Valley Sun, "Foothill Boulevard businesses could get a boost, after design plans approved," 23 July 2019 Three years later the frontage had increased to 100 feet. — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, "From the Archives: Showley Candy Factory building turns 95," 14 July 2019 The park has 140 acres of land and 1,200 feet of frontage on Friess Lake. — Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "You can stay in an old ranger station in parks in Washington County," 11 July 2019 The sale was part of a 1031 tax exchange and the property includes 2.7 miles of frontage on I-65 and is adjacent to the South Alabama Mega Site. — Kathy Jumper, al.com, "Axe throwing coming to Mobile," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'frontage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for frontage
frontage
noun
English Language Learners Definition of frontage
: the part of a building or of the land that a building is on that runs along a river, road, etc.
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frontage
noun
front·age
| \ ˈfrən-tij
\
\
Legal Definition of frontage
1
: a piece of land that lies adjacent (as to a street or the ocean)
2
: the land between the front of a building and the street
3
: the length of a frontage
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