Cabinet vs. Breakfront — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cabinet and Breakfront
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Cabinet
An upright, cupboardlike repository with shelves, drawers, or compartments for the safekeeping or display of objects.
Breakfront
A piece of furniture having the line of its front broken by a curve or angle
A breakfront bookcase
Cabinet
(Computers) The box that houses the main components of a computer, such as the central processing unit, disk drives, and expansion slots.
Breakfront
A piece of furniture, such as a cabinet or a bookcase, with a central section that projects beyond the sections to either side.
Cabinet
Often Cabinet A body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister to head the executive departments of the government and to act as official advisers.
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Breakfront
Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
Cabinet
(Archaic) A small or private room set aside for a specific activity.
Cabinet
Rhode Island & Southeastern Massachusetts See milkshake.
Cabinet
Suitable for storage or display in a cabinet, as because of size or decorative quality.
Cabinet
Of, relating to, or being a member of a governmental cabinet
Cabinet matters.
A cabinet minister.
Cabinet
Used in the making of cabinets
Teak and other heavy cabinet wood.
Cabinet
A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
Cabinet
A cupboard.
Cabinet
The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
Cabinet
(historical) A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
Cabinet
A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
Cabinet
In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.
Cabinet
(Kentucky) A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.
Cabinet
(archaic) A small chamber or private room.
Cabinet
(often capitalized) A collection of art or ethnographic objects.
Cabinet
Milkshake.
Cabinet
(obsolete) A hut; a cottage; a small house.
Cabinet
An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.
Cabinet
A hut; a cottage; a small house.
Hearken a while from thy green cabinet,The rural song of careful Colinet.
Cabinet
A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
Cabinet
A private room in which consultations are held.
Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet.
Cabinet
The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.
Cabinet
A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:
Cabinet
Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.
Cabinet
Suitable for a cabinet; small.
He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe.
Cabinet
To inclose
Cabinet
A cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
Cabinet
Persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
Cabinet
A storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
Cabinet
Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
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