EGAVE

frontal

About 6.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front. Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.
    a frontal attack
  2. adjective Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.
    a frontal attack
  3. adjective Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
  4. adjective Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.
  5. adjective Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.
  6. adjective Of or relating to a weather front.
  7. noun Ellipsis of frontal bone.
  8. noun A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.

Similar words

front head-on frontlet anterior front-end all-out striking temporal outright superficial

Often followed by

lobe lobes and bone attack cortex sinus plane assault view

Word family

frontally frontals

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