breakfront

noun
/ˈbɹeɪkfɹʌnt/

Etymology

From break + front.

  1. derived from frōns
  2. derived from front
  3. inherited from front
  4. compounded as breakfront — “break + front

Definitions

  1. Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that…

    Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.

    • Quickly, she began to tear off slips of pink paper and tape them to things — the refrigerator, the stove, the telephone which hung on the kitchen wall by the garage doorway, the breakfront in the dining room.
    • He stopped and took proper note, as possibly no one else ever had, of the Waterford goblets and candy dishes that Enid kept on display in the breakfront.

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