"front matter" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} front matter (uncountable)
  1. Within a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text. Wikipedia link: Book design Tags: uncountable Synonyms: prelims, front matter, frontmatter, front-matter, front matter, prelims Hypernyms: precursor Holonyms: book Translations (parts of a book that appear before the text): voorwerk [neuter] (Dutch), preliminaria [plural] (Dutch), preliminari [masculine, plural] (Italian), matéria pré-textual [feminine] (Portuguese), elementos pré-textuais [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), pré-texto [masculine] (Portuguese)

Alternative forms

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