Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Facade \Fa`[,c]ade"\ (f[.a]`s[.a]d" or f[.a]`s[=a]d"), n. [F.,
   fr. It. facciata, fr. faccia face, L. facies. See {Face}.]
   (Arch.)
   The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having
   some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have
   its fa[,c]ade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.

Source : WordNet®

facade
     n 1: the face or front of a building [syn: {frontage}, {frontal}]
     2: a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something
        unpleasant [syn: {window dressing}]