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front entrance

front entrance

18 1.0
The main door at the front of a building where people enter
  • noun
: 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
front door
vsfront entrance
430 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
entrance
vsfront entrance
415 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
doorway
vsfront entrance
204 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
entry
vsfront entrance
122 1.2

An opening or door used to go into a building

is the main outside access at a building's principal external face
entryway
vsfront entrance
17 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
4 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
12 1.8

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

How Important

front entrance
18 1.0
back entrance
12 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'.