breakfront/ˈbɹeɪkfɹʌnt/EtymologyFrom break + front.nounAny piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.“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.”