/fəˈsɑːd/
fa·cade
BrE /fəˈsɑːd/
NAmE /fəˈsɑːd/
the front of a building
[usually singular]
the way that sb/sth appears to be, which is different from the way sb/sth really is
She managed to maintain a facade of indifference.
Squalor and poverty lay behind the city’s glittering facade.