front vs walk-in

front

noun
  • A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group. 

  • An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact. 

  • A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army. 

  • A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth). 

  • The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. 

  • A seafront or coastal promenade. 

  • The beginning. 

  • A field of activity. 

  • The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank. 

  • An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself. 

  • The most conspicuous part. 

  • That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. 

  • The side of a building with the main entrance. 

  • When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced. 

  • The direction of the enemy. 

  • The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature. 

adj
  • Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one). 

  • Located at or near the front. 

  • Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel). 

verb
  • To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront. 

  • To provide money or financial assistance in advance to. 

  • To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on). 

  • To appear before. 

  • To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc). 

  • To pronounce with the tongue in a front position. 

  • To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front. 

  • To assume false or disingenuous appearances. 

  • Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body. 

  • To act as a front (for); to cover (for). 

  • To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.). 

  • To face, be opposite to. 

walk-in

noun
  • A defector (or similar) who walks into an embassy (etc) unannounced. 

  • A demonstration or protest in which the participants assemble outside a facility, gain media exposure, and enter the facility in unison. 

  • A relatively small room (such as a closet or pantry) or refrigerator or freezer that is spacious enough to walk into. 

  • A customer, job applicant or similar who visits a restaurant, medical facility, car dealership, etc. without a reservation, appointment, or referral. 

  • A relatively larger room or (especially) an apartment that is entered directly, not via an intervening passage or lobby. 

  • A person whose original soul has departed the body and been replaced with another. 

  • A facility or an event that principally handles customers who do not have an appointment. 

  • A facility accessed on foot rather than by car, usually contrasted to drive-in. 

adj
  • Accessed by walking, either exclusively, as a campground, or together with drive-in access, as at some drive-in movie theaters. 

  • Gaining access through unlocked doors. 

  • Designed to be possible to walk into (without stepping over a ledge, etc). 

  • That people may enter without a prior appointment. 

  • Spacious enough to walk into. 

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