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front

Definitions of front
  1. noun
    the leading units moving at the head of an army
  2. noun
    a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
    synonyms: plastron
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    type of:
    tussenstuk, vulstuk
    an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
  3. noun
    (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
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    types:
    warmtefront
    the front of an advancing mass of warmer air
    koufront
    the front of an advancing mass of colder air
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