storefront: Meaning and Definition of

store•front

Pronunciation: (stôr'frunt", stōr'-), [key]
— n.
  1. the side of a store facing a street, usually containing display windows.
  2. a store or other establishment that has frontage on a street or thoroughfare: After the fire the family took shelter temporarily in an abandoned storefront.
—adj.
  1. of or pertaining to the frontage of a store, esp. the display windows: a storefront sign.
  2. located or operating in a storelike area, room, or set of rooms fronting on a street: a storefront community center.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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