breakfront

noun

break·​front ˈbrāk-ˌfrənt 

: a large cabinet or bookcase whose center section projects beyond the flanking end sections

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Examples of breakfront in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Drapery panels in Jim Thompson’s Choisya, trimmed in Samuel & Sons, frame the couple’s vintage breakfront, which keeps Khouri’s Royal Crown Derby china within reach. — Caroline Randall Williams, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026

For many of us, stemmed crystal sparkled under the dimmed light of a breakfront while a collection of coffee mugs were stacked gingerly on top of each other in a shuttered cabinet. — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025

Tucked between a George II mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase and a series of manuscript and watercolor maps showing the waterways of Venice, Clausen found a type of antiquated nautical map known as a portolan chart. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023

The breakfront cabinet is set against a wall of antique mirror panels, and the ceiling wallcovering is by Wolf Gordon. — Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 16 Apr. 2021

There was no room for my mother’s bird’s-eye breakfront, her turn-of-the-century chairs. — Lizzie Skurnick, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020

Behind the dining room table is more of Offaim’s collection of glasses and pottery, stored in golden yellow cabinets that serve as a kind of casual breakfront, with olive green wainscotting set between the upper and lower cabinets. — Jessica Steinberg, Bon Appetit, 8 June 2018

The order included a mahogany table, sideboard, breakfront, and 10 chairs. — Emily Price, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for breakfront

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• upfront
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront