Definitions for facade

facade fa·cade

Spelling: [fuh-sahd, fa-]
IPA: /fəˈsɑd, fæ-/

Facade is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in facade (aacdef).

Definitions for facade

noun

  1. Architecture. the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly.
  2. a superficial appearance or illusion of something:

Origin of facade

1650-60; French Upper Italian faciada, Italian facciata, equivalent to facci(a) face + -ata -ade1

Examples for facade

In the facade of the building in front of them only one window was lighted.

The Gargantuan facade itself was enough to smother comprehension.

The facade has been vandalized, with the large letters “WTF!”

Besides, the facade was exposed to the current in the street.

It was also forbidden to open the window shutters of the facade.

We, like his various conquests, were seduced by his facade of invincibility and haunted past.

She regarded the stately proportions of the facade with awe.

Chang also hosts Moms Get Real, a digital show for ABC News NOW that cracks the facade of perfect mommyhood.

A man is the facade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide.

In keeping with the facade, Williams showed himself to be dedicated preacher who “knows his scripture.”

Word Value for facade
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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