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facade

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
facade /fəˈsɑːd/

▶noun

1 the principal front of a building, facing on to a street or open space.

2 a deceptive outward appearance.

– origin C17: from Fr. façade, from face ‘face’, on the pattern of Ital. facciata.

'facade' also found in these Oxford entries:

cedilla - frontage - frontispiece - shopfront

Forum discussions with the word(s) "facade" in the title:

card-board facade
facade [use of the cedille/cedilla]
facade of former respectablity deteriorating
Is your back/posterior more beautiful than your facade/front
It is a tradition looking for the frog on the façade
keep up his facade to the bitter end
Meaning of "frayed facade"
saw through the facade
School's facade
to also include facade systems

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