fronted

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌntɪd/

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Verb

fronted

1. simple past and past participle of front

Adjective

fronted (comparative more fronted, superlative most fronted)

1. Formed with a front; drawn up in line.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     fronted brigades

2. (phonetics) Pronounced in the front manner.
3. (often in combination) Having a particular front.

Derived terms

• blue-fronted jay
• greater white-fronted goose
• lesser white-fronted goose
• red-fronted tinkerbird
• speckle-fronted weaver
• white-fronted goose
• white-fronted tit

 

Related terms

• Y-fronted