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The correct spelling is fronts.
How to pronounce fronts
noun
IPA: /fɹʌnts/
Say it like: Fro-nts
The correct spelling is fronts. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. For example: "Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia."
Usage Examples
“Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia.”
“He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front.”
“to front court”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- 2.The side of a building with the main entrance.
- 3.A field of activity.
- 4.A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
- 5.The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
verb
- 1.To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
- 2.To face, be opposite to.
- 3.To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
- 4.To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
- 5.To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
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