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vitrine

noun

Definition of vitrine

as in bookcase

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Recent Examples of vitrine This comes through clearest in the vitrines displaying her artist statements, as well as performance scores, production notes, and poems. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 18 Apr. 2026 The space is also adorned with vitrines showcasing jewelry by David Webb, Boucheron, and René Boivin, as well as other rarities, like an asteroid fragment and a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2026 Up on 71, there was that observatory, and by the elevators a vitrine held Chrysler’s toolbox, evidence of his beginnings as a railroad mechanic. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Mar. 2026 During her first bombing, Ginny had run for shelter into a perfume shop, where the proprietress methodically moved each bottle from the streetfront vitrine into a neat line on the floor as the dust from the percussive bombs blotted out the sun. — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vitrine

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Noun

While sorting through the home, staff found the book tucked away in an old bookcase.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026
Alkhatib commissioned a wooden bookcase with illuminated glass shelves for his office to display his collection, which grew to about 150 objects representing 66 countries.

— Dina Cheney, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of bookcase

Noun

That warmth extends to the living room, anchored by a bespoke credenza with vinyl pockets and runs across the wall.

— Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026
Its long, trailing vines can spill over a hanging basket or shelf or creep along a credenza.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of credenza

Noun

He was reelected four years later and was succeeded by one of his cabinet ministers, Dilma Rousseff, in 2010.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
The sellers also have put in some work, installing new appliances and a sleek sage-green backsplash in a galley kitchen that’s both flush with cabinet space and decently large.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of cabinet

Noun

The woman was found by medical staff in a reclining chair in the hospital room with a gunshot wound to her chest, according to court records.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
The father’s tears drew a strong pain across my chest, as if dragging a knife point across a steel bench.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of chest

Noun

The board includes a representative from the team, the commerce secretary, appointees of the governor and legislative leaders and local representatives from Kansas City, Kansas, and Olathe.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
The equipment truck had left spring training in Tempe, Arizona, and was in Salt Lake City, unsure where to go, when Selig called traveling secretary Tommy Ferguson, who had held the same job with the Braves.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of secretary

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The well-size main bedroom has leafy views and another decorative fireplace, although the person doing the listing’s photos has oddly chosen to hide it behind a bed; the second bedroom can easily handle a bunk-bed situation plus a sideboard.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 19 Oct. 2026
One highlight includes an oak sideboard from Walker Edison that’s sure to impress any visiting in-laws.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of sideboard

Noun

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

Definition of breakfront

Noun

Golden Corral has developed a sophisticated system to keep the buffet model viable despite challenging economic conditions, The Wall Street Journal recently reported.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Insider tip Don’t sleep on the French pastries on the breakfast buffet, including pain au chocolat and buttery madeleines.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

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