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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRONT'AL, n. [L. frontale., frons.]
1. In medicine, a medicament or preparation to be applied to the forehead.
2. In architecture, a little pediment or frontpiece, over a small door or window.
3. In Jewish ceremonies, a frontlet or browband, consisting of four pieces of vellum, laid on leather, and tied round the forehead in the synagogue; each piece containing some text of scripture.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: belonging to the front part; "a frontal appendage"
2: of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air; "frontal rainfall"
3: meeting front to front; "a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision" [syn: frontal, head-on]
4: of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone; "the frontal lobes" n
1: an adornment worn on the forehead [syn: frontlet, frontal]
2: a drapery that covers the front of an altar
3: the face or front of a building [syn: facade, frontage, frontal]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 14th century 1. [Middle English frontel, from Medieval Latin frontellum, diminutive of Latin front-, frons] a cloth hanging over the front of an altar 2. facade 1 II. adjective Etymology: New Latin frontalis, from Latin front-, frons Date: 1656 1. of, relating to, or adjacent to the forehead or the frontal bone 2. a. of, relating to, or situated at the front b. directed against the front or at the main point or issue ; direct <frontal assault> 3. parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane 4. of or relating to a meteorological front • frontally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adj. 1 a of, at, or on the front (a frontal attack). b of the front as seen by an onlooker (a frontal view). 2 of the forehead or front part of the skull (frontal bone). Derivatives: frontally adv. Etymology: mod.L frontalis (as FRONT) 2. n. 1 a covering for the front of an altar. 2 the façade of a building. Etymology: ME f. OF frontel f. L frontale (as FRONT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Frontal Fron"tal, a. [Cf. F. frontal.] Belonging to the front part; being in front; esp. (Anat.), Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Frontal Fron"tal, n. [F. frontal, fronteau, OF. Frontel, frontal, L. frontale an ornament for the forehead, frontlet. See Front.] 1. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet; as: (a) An ornamental band for the hair. (b) (Mil.) The metal face guard of a soldier.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

2. (Arch.) A little pediment over a door or window. 3. (Eccl.) A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies. 4. (Med.) A medicament or application for the forehead. [Obs.] --Quincy. 5. (Anat.) The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium. Frontal hammer or helve, a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a ``tongue'' immediately in front of the hammer head. --Raymond.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Frontal means relating to or involving the front of something, for example the front of an army, a vehicle, or the brain. (FORMAL) Military leaders are not expecting a frontal assault by the rebels... He pioneered the surgical technique called frontal lobotomy. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. see also full-frontal

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Frontlet, brow-band, fillet.

Moby Thesaurus

Communion table, altar, altar carpet, altar desk, altar facing, altar of prothesis, altar rail, altar side, altar slab, altar stair, altar stone, altarpiece, ancona, anterior, anteriority, bold front, bomos, brave face, brave front, chancel table, chief, credence, display, eschara, facade, face, facet, facia, first, fore, forefront, foreground, forehand, foreland, foremost, forepart, forequarter, foreside, foreword, forward, front, front elevation, front man, front matter, front page, front view, frontage, frontier, frontispiece, gradin, head, heading, headmost, hestia, holy table, lap, leading, mensal, missal stand, obverse, predella, preface, prefix, primary, prime, priority, proscenium, prothesis, retable, retablo, rood altar, scrobis, superaltar, window dressing