frontal

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈfɹʌn.tl̩/ UK /ˈfɹʌn.təl/ See IPA manual

Freq #14285

Meanings

1

adj
belonging to the front part

A frontal appendage.
2

adj
of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone

The frontal lobes.
3

adj
meeting front to front

A frontal attack.
4

adj
of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air

Frontal rainfall.

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Synonyms

3 adj · meeting front to front head-on

Word family

Derived forms abfrontalanterofrontalbifrontalcentrofrontalcingulofrontaldorsofrontalethmofrontalethmoidofrontalfrontalityfrontalizationfrontalizefrontally

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Phrases (1)

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frontal eminence
one of the rounded projections of the forehead bone above the eye sockets

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English frountel, from Old French frontel, from Latin frontāle (“a frontlet, metal band for the forehead”).

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