storefront

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noun

store·​front ˈstȯr-ˌfrənt 

1

: the front side of a store or store building facing a street

2

: a building, room, or suite of rooms having a storefront

storefront

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adjective

1

: of, relating to, or characteristic of a storefront church

a storefront evangelist

2

: occupying a room or suite of rooms in a store building at street level and immediately behind a storefront

a storefront school

3

: of, relating to, or being outreach professional services

storefront lawyers

a storefront clinic

Examples of storefront in a Sentence

Noun

He rented a storefront on Main Street.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Staying on the right side of the law, a memorable domain with a popular extension is like a Madison Avenue storefront. —Darpan Munjal, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024

Borgo, which occupies a double storefront, is more brightly lit. —Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024

Adjective

But the first storefront space of Colony, the ten-year-old designers’ co-op, is also a testament to a space that does things a little differently. —Natalia Torija, Curbed, 21 June 2024

Watch as the camera follows him one night, toward a storefront window display larded with grotesque African caricatures. —Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing storefront

• storefront church