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Meaning of breakfront | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈbɹeɪkfɹʌnt/

Definitions

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

attributive

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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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