breakfront

English

A breakfront bookcase.

Etymology

break +‎ front

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪkfɹʌnt/
• Hyphenation: break‧front

Noun

breakfront (plural breakfronts)

1. (chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
   • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:

     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.

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     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.