Breakfront
//ˈbɹeɪkfɹʌnt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections. attributive
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From break + front.
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