Synonyms

frontage

[fruhn-tij] Origin

front·age

[fruhn-tij]
noun
1.
the front of a building or lot.
2.
the lineal extent of this front: a frontage of 200 feet.
3.
the direction it faces: The house has an ocean frontage.
4.
land abutting on a river, street, etc.: He was willing to pay the higher cost of a lake frontage.
5.
the land between a building and the street, a body of water, etc.: He complained that the new sidewalk would decrease his frontage.

Origin:
1615–25; front + -age
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Frontage is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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frontage (ˈfrʌntɪdʒ)
 
n
1.  the façade of a building or the front of a plot of ground
2.  the extent of the front of a shop, plot of land, etc, esp along a street, river, etc
3.  the direction in which a building faces: a frontage on the river

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frontage
1620s, from front + -age.
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