devanture

Definitions of devanture
  1. noun
    a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
    synonyms: vitrine
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    type of:
    container
    any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
  2. noun
    a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store
    synonyms: vitrine, étalage
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    type of:
    fenêtre
    a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
  3. noun
    the face or front of a building
    synonyms: devant, façade
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    type of:
    avant, devant
    the side that is seen or that goes first
  4. noun
    the side that is seen or that goes first
    synonyms: avant, devant
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    antonyms:
    arrière, derrière, dos, envers, revers
    the side that goes last or is not normally seen
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    avant, proue
    front part of a vessel or aircraft
    devant, façade
    the face or front of a building
    face
    the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
    cadran
    the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
    type of:
    côté
    an extended outer surface of an object
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