front on

front on (something)

To be positioned in the direction of something. I want a bedroom that fronts on the park behind the house. Do you really want a house that fronts on the beach? I wouldn't want to be that close to the ocean when there are storms. Nobody wants a house that fronts on such a busy street!

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front on something

[for a building or a piece of land] to face out on something. The property fronts on a lovely boulevard that has very little traffic. Our house fronts on a lake.

See also: front, on

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