frontal
frontal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet; as: (a) An ornamental band for the hair. (b) (Mil.) The metal face guard of a soldier.
- 2.(Arch.) A little pediment over a door or window.
- 3.(Eccl.) A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.
- 4.(Med.) A medicament or application for the forehead. [Obs.] Quincy.
- 5.(Anat.) The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium. Frontal hammer or helve, a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a "tongue" immediately in front of the hammer head. Raymond.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- advance
- advanced
- ahead
- air
- anterior
- anteriority
- around
- beak
- before
- belle
- bend
- bow
- brow
- circumjacence
- coin
- come
- confront
- countenance
- covering
- disc
- discoid
- disk
- divine
- eccentric
- eccentricity
- est
- etoile
- excentric
- excentricity
- exterior
- exteriority
- exteriorly
- external
- externally
- extra
- extrados
- extralimitary
- extramundane
- extramural
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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