Meanings
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1
adj
belonging to the front part
A frontal appendage.
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2
adj
of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone
The frontal lobes.
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3
adj
meeting front to front
A frontal attack.
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4
adj
of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air
Frontal rainfall.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
3
adj
· meeting front to front
head-on
Word family
Derived forms
abfrontalanterofrontalbifrontalcentrofrontalcingulofrontaldorsofrontalethmofrontalethmoidofrontalfrontalityfrontalizationfrontalizefrontally
Etymology
From Middle English frountel, from Old French frontel, from Latin frontāle (“a frontlet, metal band for the forehead”).