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

On Friday, the shop posted photos of the family on Facebook preparing the storefront ahead of the opening. —Noelle Alviz-Gransee february 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026

Bayshore, however, has over 40 vacant storefronts. —Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026

Adjective

Who won the storefront competition? —Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 5 Feb. 2026

Soon however, surveillance images of US cities appear on-screen (recognizable in part by storefront signs for brands like Marshalls, M&M’s World, and Coca-Cola), implying that the audience, too, could become components of images to be segmented, categorized, and fed into AI training datasets. —Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026

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

Rhymes for storefront

• commandant
• confidant
• conodont
• debutante
• nonchalant
• restaurant
• avant
• croissant
• detente
• entente
• savant
• daunt