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

In September, Porte Jacquemus visits New York to oversee final renovations to his first American storefront, housed within a clapboard edifice on the corner of Spring and Wooster streets. —Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024

My Dilly Bag, watches as food trucks, artists, weavers, purveyors, an espresso van and musicians park outside her storefront. —Riley Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2024

Adjective

So far, in these areas of the city, the free market has mostly just provided strip-mall, storefront private schools as well as what are called microschools, with little on their websites that working parents can use to judge their curricula, quality or cost. —Eli Hager, ProPublica, 12 Oct. 2024

Improvements must be visible to the public, and can include outdoor signage repair, exterior painting, storefront reconstruction and window and door upgrades. —Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024

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