1
a
: a piece of land that lies adjacent (as to a street or the ocean)
b
: the land between the front of a building and the street
c
: the length of a frontage
2
: the act or fact of facing a given way
3
: the front side of a building
Examples of frontage in a Sentence
We have 200 feet of frontage on Main Street.
the vineyard's southern frontage results in earlier-than-usual ripening of the grapes
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The Beach Club Villas will occupy 23 beachfront parcels, each one acre with about 150 feet of sandy beach frontage, with prices beginning at $7 million for the land.
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Mark David, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Set to open in the fall of 2026, the three-story, 34,000-square-foot Category 10 location with frontage on the Las Vegas strip will be housed in the Flamingo Las Vegas resort.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
Normally the city would require the replacement of the water main along the property’s entire frontage, or in this case about 100 feet.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Denver has 3,110 miles of sidewalks and 350 miles of road frontage that are missing sidewalks.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
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Mark David, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Set to open in the fall of 2026, the three-story, 34,000-square-foot Category 10 location with frontage on the Las Vegas strip will be housed in the Flamingo Las Vegas resort.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
Normally the city would require the replacement of the water main along the property’s entire frontage, or in this case about 100 feet.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Denver has 3,110 miles of sidewalks and 350 miles of road frontage that are missing sidewalks.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Frontage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frontage. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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frontage
noun
front·age
ˈfrənt-ij 
: the front boundary line of a lot or its length
a cottage with 200 feet of lake frontage
Legal Definition
frontage
noun
front·age
ˈfrən-tij
1
: a piece of land that lies adjacent (as to a street or the ocean)
2
: the land between the front of a building and the street
3
: the length of a frontage
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