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# frontal

adjective (frontal); noun (a frontal, frontals — rare)

«frontal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Frontal means at the front or facing the front of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#m1)
2. In the body, frontal means to do with the forehead, as in the frontal bone or the frontal lobe of the brain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#m2)
3. A frontal attack or approach comes straight at something from the front, openly and directly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#m3)
4. (weather) A frontal system is a line where warm air and cold air meet, often bringing rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#m4)
5. (church) A frontal is a decorated cloth hung over the front of an altar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science lessons the frontal lobe is the front part of the brain that helps us plan, choose and control ourselves; the frontal bone is the forehead bone. In weather maps a frontal system means rain or a change is coming. In stories a frontal attack is bold and direct, not sneaky. Phrases: frontal lobe, frontal bone, head-on frontal collision, full-frontal (UK: very open or blunt).

### Examples

- The frontal lobe sits just behind your forehead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#x1)
- The doctor pointed to the frontal bone on the skeleton. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#x2)
- The knights made a frontal attack on the castle gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#x3)
- A frontal system will bring showers this afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#x4)
- The car crash was a frontal collision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#x5)
- The photo shows a frontal view of the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#x6)
- The vicar put the green frontal on the altar for the new season. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#x7)
- Instead of a frontal approach, the fox crept round the side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/#x8)

### Note

Usually an adjective that comes before a noun: frontal lobe, frontal view. Not the same as «front» (a noun) — we say «the front of the bus» but «a frontal view». A weather front is a noun; frontal is its adjective. The altar cloth sense is a countable noun: one frontal, two frontals.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «frontal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frontal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frontal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frontal.html) on Mova free.