credenza means A sideboard or buffet. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
credenza is pronounced /kɹəˈdɛnzə/.
noun
- A sideboard or buffet.“Two credenze dating about the middle of the century, shown in Figures 135 and 136, illustrate the stage of excessive ornamentation of furniture reached about this time.”
- A horizontal filing cabinet, typically placed behind a desk.“I wandered over to his record collection, past his mantel displaying mid-century lighters, past his closet filled with trench coats and shoehorns, past his credenza stacked with pamphlets.”