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Facade Sb/Sth Bre /Fəˈsɑːd/Name /Fəˈsɑːd Noun 1 The Front Building Classical

Front facade
Back BrE /fəˈsɑːd/NAmE /fəˈsɑːd/

noun


1 the front of a building
a classical facade

2 [usually singular] the way that sb/sth appears to be, which is different from the way sb/sth really is
She managed to maintain a facade of indifference.

 They seem happy together, but it's all a facade.

 Squalor and poverty lay behind the city's glittering facade.

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