Definitions for facades

facades fa·cade

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

Facades is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in facades (aacdefs).

Definitions for facades

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 facades

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

Examples for facades

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The Gargantuan facade itself was enough to smother comprehension.

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

Word Value for facades
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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