[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

front \front\ fru^nt, n. f. frant forehead, l. frons,
   frontis; perh. akin to e. brow.
   1. the forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes;
      sometimes, also, the whole face.
      1913 webster

            bless'd with his father's front, his mother's
            tongue.                               --pope.
      1913 webster

            grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            his front yet threatens, and his frowns command.
                                                  --prior.
      1913 webster

   2. the forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as
      expressive of character or temper, and especially, of
      boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming;
      as, a bold front; a hardened front; hence, an attitude and
      demeanor intended to represent one's feelings, even if not
      actually felt; as, to put on a good front.
      1913 webster +pjc

            with smiling fronts encountering.     --shak.
      1913 webster

            the inhabitants showed a bold front.  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. the part or surface of anything which seems to look out,
      or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the
      foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear;
      as, the front of a house; the front of an army.
      1913 webster

            had he his hurts before?
            ay, on the front.                     --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. a position directly before the face of a person, or before
      the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person,
      of the troops, or of a house.
      1913 webster

   5. the most conspicuous part.
      1913 webster

            the very head and front of my offending. --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. that which covers the foremost part of the head: a front
      piece of false hair worn by women.
      1913 webster

            like any plain miss smith's, who wears s front.
                                                  --mrs.
                                                  browning.
      1913 webster

   7. the beginning. "summer's front." --shak.
      1913 webster

   8. fort. all the works along one side of the polygon
      inclosing the site which is fortified.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   9. phon. the middle of the upper part of the tongue, -- the
      part of the tongue which is more or less raised toward the
      palate in the pronunciation of certain sounds, as the
      vowel i in machine, e in bed, and consonant y in you. see
      guide to pronunciation, sect10.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   10. the call boy whose turn it is to answer the call, which
       is often the word "front," used as an exclamation. hotel
       cant
       webster 1913 suppl.

   bastioned front mil., a curtain connerting two half
      bastions.

   front door, the door in the front wall of a building,
      usually the principal entrance.

   front of fortification, the works constructed upon any one
      side of a polygon. --farrow.

   front of operations, all that part of the field of
      operations in front of the successive positions occupied
      by the army as it moves forward. --farrow.

   to come to the front, to attain prominence or leadership.
      1913 webster
see also:
bastioned front front door front of fortification front of operations to come to the front 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

front door
     n : exterior door at the entrance at the front of a building
         syn: front entrance
see also:
front entrance 

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