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What is a breakfront?

What is a breakfront? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
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A stunning carved breakfront from the famous Marche aux Puces in Paris houses Kay's collection of antique silver.
Late George II parcel-gilt rosewood, padouk and sabicu breakfront bookcase by Thomas Chippendale and his Scottish partner James Rannie.
He said that it made him uneasy to see my silver so insecure in the breakfront, where any intruder could smash the glass.
The Salem breakfront cabinet that Ellen gave the Redwood Library in 1883 came down in the Easton family.
The dining room also houses an inlaid mahogany breakfront bookcase or gentleman's secretary as the form was called by Sheraton.
But the breakfront was empty, and so were the drawers in my sideboard, in which I had kept my silverware.

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