étagère

noun

variants or etagere
Definition of étagèrenext
as in bookcase

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Recent Examples of étagère Sasha Adler Design In a Chicago home renovated by Sasha Adler Design, custom etageres and the island’s brass legs add jewelry-like details to the space. — Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025 Another way to encourage your cat to scratch and also not be an ugly tower are metal etageres. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 29 Feb. 2024 Floating shelves or a narrow etagere, on the other hand, may not have an impact in that same space. — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for étagère
  1. bookcase
  2. credenza
  3. sideboard
  4. chest
  5. cabinet
  6. breakfront
  7. secretary
  8. dresser
Noun
  • Best Wayfair Spring Cyber Week Furniture Deals Wayfair’s furniture deals include pieces for every room in the home, including platform beds, nightstands, and bedside ottomans for the bedroom, accent chairs and bookcases for a living room, and dining room tables that can seat up to six people.
    — Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Pair with the collection’s matching bookcases, storage shelves, and side tables to customize further.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of bookcase
Noun
  • Marble Tabletop Tray Decorate coffee tables and credenzas with this marble tabletop tray.
    — Ali Faccenda, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Romanek opened up her Hollywood design studio for the dinner party, and decked it out with the collection’s gorgeous chocolate brown velvet Malibu Grande sofa, cream boucle Bel Air swivel chairs, Coastline credenza, Beachwood wicker table lamps and more.
    — Booth Moore, WWD, 21 Feb. 2025
Definition of credenza
Noun
  • But pride of place goes to an alligator skull on a sideboard; Wetzel killed the reptile with a buck knife during COVID-19 isolation in Matagorda Bay, Texas.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Get The Recipe Beautiful on the dessert sideboard or a picnic table, this recipe includes everything good about the fall.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of sideboard
Noun
  • An outdoor kitchen project includes installation of one inset grill; stainless steel drawers; ice chest; sink; and 60 square feet of concrete countertops made from veneered masonry stone.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Angela was shot dead center in the chest, testified the medical examiner, and died in seconds.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of chest
Noun
  • The authority is expected to analyze the transaction at the cabinet’s request to ensure that public interest in the terminals will be protected, according to Panama’s minister to the presidency, Juan Carlos Orillac.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The big picture: While the prime minister appoints the Shin Bet chief, and the cabinet approves the pick, the agency has long been seen as apolitical.
    — Barak Ravid, Axios, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of cabinet
Noun
  • 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, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Tucked between a George II mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase and a series of manuscript and watercolor maps showing the waterways of Venice, Clausen found a type of antiquated nautical map known as a portolan chart.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Definition of breakfront
Noun
  • And the revisions worked, Miguel Cardona, Biden’s education secretary, told USA TODAY in January.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The suit also highlights other public statements that have been made by Trump’s surrogates, including his Homeland Security secretary, and political allies.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of secretary
Noun
  • His favorite design, however, is the Thurloe dresser with ample storage.
    — Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2025
  • There isn’t a room that should feel more relaxing than your bedroom, so introduce the style with this deep-toned wood queen-size bed frame and this roomy six-drawer dresser.
    — Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of dresser

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“étagère.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9tag%C3%A8re. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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