ˈfrəntij, -tēj noun
( -s )
Etymology: front (I) + -age
1.
a. : a portion of land that fronts (as on a stream, body of water, or road)
the Romans won … a frontage on the Atlantic ocean — A.J.Toynbee
states of the Union … which have a salt-water frontage — Congressional Record
also : the extent of front
has a lake frontage of approximately two miles — American Guide Series: Louisiana
b. : the land between the front of a building and the street
2. : the front part or face of a building
dirty plaster frontages embossed with scrollwork and heraldic devices — Christopher Isherwood
the pillars of its colonnaded frontage — Claud Cockburn
3. : the act or fact of facing a given way : exposure
4. : something that belongs to, is part of, or appears in or on a front
a dazzling frontage of flowers and faces — Leonard Merrick
5. : the lateral extent of responsibility of a military unit : the width of a zone of military action in an attack : the width of a military sector in defense