Frontal

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being in front.
  • Of or pertaining to the forehead or frons, or to the bone of the forehead: as, the frontal crest of a bird; frontal plates of a reptile.
  • In entomology See clypeal suture, under clypeal.
  • noun. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet.
  • noun. Something that comes or is situated in front; a front piece or part, as (formerly) the valance of a bed.
  • noun. Specifically In heraldry: The front of anything, as of a helmet or a cap.
  • noun. The forehead, as of a human head, used as a bearing.
  • noun. In architecture, a little pediment or frontispiece over a small door or window.
  • noun. Eccles.: A movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
  • noun. In England, in the middle ages, also a movable cover of wood or precious metal for the front of the altar. Such a frontal was sometimes called a table (also tabula, tablementum).
  • noun. In medicine, a medicament or preparation to be applied to the forehead.
  • noun. In anatomy and zoology, the frontal bone; the bone of the forehead.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Belonging to the front part; being in front.
  • noun. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet.
  • noun. An ornamental band for the hair.
  • noun. The metal face guard of a soldier.
  • noun. A little pediment over a door or window.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A medicament or application for the forehead.
  • noun. The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium.
  • noun. a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a “tongue” immediately in front of the hammer head.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the frontal plane.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a weather front.
  • noun. A drapery covering the front of an altar.
  • noun. The façade of a building.
  • noun. The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. belonging to the front part
  • noun. an adornment worn on the forehead
  • noun. a drapery that covers the front of an altar
  • noun. the face or front of a building
  • adjective. of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air
  • adjective. of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone
  • adjective. meeting front to front