frontal

At, facing, or relating to the front of something.

• The camera gives a frontal view.
• Both cars suffered damage in the frontal collision.
• The test measures protection against frontal impacts.

Similar words: front, front-facing

Opposites: rear

Common phrases: frontal view, frontal collision, frontal impact

Aimed directly at an opponent, problem, or main point.

• The army launched a frontal attack.
• Her speech was a frontal assault on the policy.
• They chose a frontal challenge to the leader’s authority.

Similar words: direct, head-on

Opposites: indirect

Common phrases: frontal attack, frontal assault, frontal challenge

Relating to the forehead or the bone beneath it.

• The scan showed a frontal bone fracture.
• Pressure in the frontal sinus caused pain.
• The surgeon examined the frontal region of the skull.

Common phrases: frontal bone, frontal sinus, frontal fracture

Relating to an imaginary flat surface that divides the body into front and back parts.

• This movement occurs in the frontal plane.
• The diagram shows a frontal section of the body.
• The scan provides images in the frontal plane.

Similar words: coronal

Common phrases: frontal plane, frontal section

A decorative cloth that hangs across the front of an altar in a church.

• A red frontal covered the altar.
• The chapel’s frontal was embroidered by hand.
• They replaced the worn frontal before Easter.

Similar words: antependium, altar cloth

Common phrases: altar frontal, embroidered frontal, silk frontal

The front outer face of a building.

• The house had an impressive frontal.
• Workers repaired the frontal of the old hall.
• Carved figures decorated the church’s frontal.

Similar words: façade, front

Common phrases: stone frontal, frontal of something