facing.

1. A layer of material placed over the outside of another structure to provide a finish or protection.

2. Material attached to the inside edge of a garment to finish or reinforce it.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• stone facing
• brick facing

On the page

A thin stone facing concealed the concrete frame.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular facing; plural facings. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.