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front entrance

front entrance

13 1.0
The main door at the front of a building where people enter
  • noun
translation icon : entrada principal
  • When they reached the front entrance, they were startled to see people rushing through the glass doors.
  • front entrance hall
  • the front entrance of the building
  • the front entrance of the hotel

No matter which way they're trying to head into the front entrance of the I club, They they, they veer to the right.

Examples

  • John got out of the car and went around to the front entrance.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Drive down to the front entrance and I'll collect it.

    Under Suspicion (1991)

  • Okay we'll be at the front entrance in five minutes.

    Taken Too Far (2017)

  • ...could all guests leave the hotel by the front entrance?

    Unknown (2011)

  • What about the front entrance?

    Killers (1997)

  • I'm gonna meet you at the front entrance.

    My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (2009)

  • So they're at the front entrance of my home now.

  • The man enters the building at the front entrance directly below Jeffrey.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Francesca gathers herself and heads for the front entrance, quickly cleaning up the plates.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • A sign on the front entrance to the library said it will reopen Tuesday.

Synonyms

door
vsfront entrance
∞ 1.0

A thing in a wall, building or vehicle that opens so people can go in and out

is the specific main outside access rather than any movable barrier
entrance
vsfront entrance
468 1.0

A door or opening that lets people go into a place

is more specific, meaning the main outside access at the building face
front door
vsfront entrance
390 1.0

The main door people use to enter a building from the street

is identical in meaning but is the slightly more formal phrase
entry
vsfront entrance
279 1.2

An opening or door used to go into a building

is the main outside access at a building's principal external face
doorway
vsfront entrance
240 1.0

A space in a wall that is the entrance to a room or building

focuses on the main outside access point rather than the wall space itself
entryway
vsfront entrance
18 2.6

A small area inside a building next to the front door where people enter

is the main outside access, not a connecting internal hall or corridor
entranceway
vsfront entrance
5 3.5

A space at the front of a building where people enter

is narrower, meaning the primary outside access rather than any passage

Antonyms

back entrance
10 1.8

A door at the back of a building that people use to enter

How Important

front entrance
13 1.0
back entrance
10 1.8

Surface Forms

front entrance singular
front entrances plural

Morphology

front + entrance

The meaning 'the main door at the front of a building' is directly and predictably composed from 'front' (the side nearest a viewer/entrance) + 'entrance' (an opening that allows entry). This is a literal, cross-linguistically common compound noun structure that a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand.

Etymology

The phrase front entrance joins front and entrance to show the door at the front of a building where people come in. So it means 'the main door or opening that gives access from outside'.