"foreside" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foresides [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forside, equivalent to fore- + side. Cognate with Dutch voorzijde, German Vorseite, Danish forside. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forside}} Middle English forside, {{prefix|en|fore|side}} fore- + side, {{cog|nl|voorzijde}} Dutch voorzijde, {{cog|de|Vorseite}} German Vorseite, {{cog|da|forside}} Danish forside Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreside (plural foresides)
  1. The front or fore part of anything; front face of a thing; front side.
    Sense id: en-foreside-en-noun-SevE-8O1 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 65 35
  2. The outside or external covering.
    Sense id: en-foreside-en-noun-uiIO37S~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77

Inflected forms

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