Meaning

2 senses
  1. The retention of a building's facade for use in a new construction after the rest of the original building is demolished.

  2. The removal and replacement of a building's facade.

Origin

From facade + -ectomy.

From facade + -ectomy.

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Forms

plural: facadectomies
Singularfacadectomy
Pluralfacadectomies

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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