Noun: facade fu'saad
- The face or front of a building
"The historic building's facade was carefully restored";
- frontage, frontal
- A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
"The company's charitable donations were just a facade to hide their unethical business practices";
- window dressing
Derived forms: facades
Type of: deceit, deception, front, misrepresentation
Encyclopedia: Facade