fronts
Weather map lines
Fronts is the plural of front, which centers on the forward-facing part of something.
A building's front faces the street.
The front of a war is where forces engage.
A weather front is the leading edge where air masses meet.
To front is to face something or serve as its public face.
A front can also be a deceptive facade: The laundromat was a front for illegal gambling.
Someone who fronts acts tough or puts on a false persona: He's always fronting like he's rich.
Point of access
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- streetPublic urban roadway
- facingDirected toward something
window · display · awning · signage · sidewalk · doorway · shopfront · plaza
Outward visible form
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- showMake something apparent
- maskFace-worn concealment
- guiseExternal manner shown
exterior · veneer · cover · disguise · bluff · act · deception · smokescreen
Low temperature state
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
- stationaryNot in motion
- occludedBlocked or closed off
- polarOf extreme latitudes
arctic · tropical · gust · squall · approaching · advancing · passing · stalled
Strokes connecting two points
- battleArmed military engagement
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- theaterVenue for live drama
advance · retreat · offensive · defensive · soldiers · deployment · wartime · western
Protect by overlaying
- shellHard outer covering
- operationProcess of working
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- launderingCleaning fabric items
legitimate · business · dummy · secret · illicit · smuggling · trafficking
entrance
Point of access
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- streetPublic urban roadway
facing · window · display · awning · signage · sidewalk · doorway · shopfront · plaza · curb
appearance
Outward visible form
guise · exterior · veneer · cover · disguise · bluff · act · deception · smokescreen · false
cold
Low temperature state
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
- stationaryNot in motion
- occludedBlocked or closed off
polar · arctic · tropical · gust · squall · approaching · advancing · passing · stalled · boundary
lines
Strokes connecting two points
theater · advance · retreat · offensive · defensive · soldiers · deployment · wartime · western · eastern
cover
Protect by overlaying
laundering · legitimate · business · dummy · secret · illicit · smuggling · trafficking
- mesoscale weathersquall lines, supercells, derechos, microbursts, downbursts
- atmosphereair, humidity, atmosphere, temperature, oxygen
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- climateclimate change, climate, weather, global warming, temperature
- meteorologyweather, rain, wind, snow, clouds
frontsbacks
Rear surfaces or supports
rears · behinds · backsides · follows · posteriors
frontsrealities
Things that exist
truths · genuine articles · cores · essences · actualities
- in front ofPreceding in position
- in frontAhead of others
- front pageNewspaper's opening display
- front rowNearest tier of seats
- front seatForward vehicle seating
- front yardGround before a house
front, confront, frontier, upfront, affront, forefront, frontal, frontage, fronted