STOREFRONT Definition & Meaning

storefront

[ stawr-fruhnt, stohr- ]

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noun

the side of a store facing a street, usually containing display windows.
a store or other establishment that has frontage on a street or thoroughfare:
After the fire the family took shelter temporarily in an abandoned storefront.

adjective

of or relating to the frontage of a store, especially the display windows:
a storefront sign.
located or operating in a storelike area, room, or set of rooms fronting on a street:
a storefront community center.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of storefront¹

First recorded in 1935–40; store + front

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For those who prefer to skip the booze, look out for the New Bar and its candy-apple-red storefront.

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Police say they recovered more than $350,000 in stolen merchandise from a storefront on West 6th Street, just across from the park.

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The Church of Christ in Altadena, with its humble storefront on Fair Oaks Avenue, was a sister church to the Pasadena house of worship and was destroyed in the Eaton fire.

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Down the way on the Third Street Promenade, resounding whacks of pickleball volleys pop out of a 1960s-vintage storefront last occupied by shoe seller Adidas.

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A burnt-out Ralphs supermarket anchored the shopping center, with an empty storefront standing intact next door.

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