FACADE


Meaning of FACADE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fəsɑ:d ]

also façade

( facades)

1.

The facade of a building, especially a large one, is its front wall or the wall that faces the street.

N-COUNT

2.

A facade is an outward appearance which is deliberately false and gives you a wrong impression about someone or something.

They hid the troubles plaguing their marriage behind a facade of family togetherness.

= show, semblance

N-SING : oft N of n

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