storefront

[stawr-fruhnt, stohr-]

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noun

the side of a store facing a street, usually containing display windows.
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.

adjective

of or relating to the frontage of a store, especially the display windows.
a storefront sign.
located or operating in a storelike area, room, or set of rooms fronting on a street.
a storefront community center.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of storefront¹

First recorded in 1935–40; store + front

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A year before, Davis and his wife, sculptor Karon Davis, joined four storefronts on Washington Boulevard in Arlington Heights to create the Underground Museum.

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The minimalist storefront she works out of has two racks of colorful bikinis lining both sides.

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My favorite makeup store in Los Angeles, Apple Doll, has a storefront on Abbot Kinney.

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The exterior of the storefront was also vandalized with graffiti.

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A T-Mobile store was boarded up with wood planks, and other storefronts were closed or had their metal gates pulled down.

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store card storehouse

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