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1 draught
1) (a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn: We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!) ρεύμα2) (a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping: He took a long draught of beer.) γουλιά3) (the amount of water a ship requires to float it: a draught of half a metre.) βύθισμα•- draughts- draughty -
2 front
1) (the part of anything (intended to be) nearest the person who sees it; usually the most important part of anything: the front of the house; the front of the picture; ( also adjective) the front page.) μπροστινό μέρος,πρόσοψη,φάτσα/μπροστινός2) (the foremost part of anything in the direction in which it moves: the front of the ship; ( also adjective) the front seat of the bus.) μπροστινό μέρος/μπροστινός3) (the part of a city or town that faces the sea: We walked along the (sea) front.) παραλία4) ((in war) the line of soliers nearest the enemy: They are sending more soldiers to the front.) μέτωπο(πολέμου)5) (a boundary separating two masses of air of different temperatures: A cold front is approaching from the Atlantic.) μέτωπο(αέριας μάζας6) (an outward appearance: He put on a brave front.) όψη7) (a name sometimes given to a political movement: the Popular Front for Liberation.) μέτωπο,παράταξη•- frontage- frontal
- at the front of
- in front of
- in front
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