What does credenza mean?
Credenza means A sideboard or buffet..
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/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.
The furniture consists of many fine small and large cabinets, credenze and tables, all especially alluring and of unusual types not very frequently found today; […]
A recessed top story containing a cupboard was added to many credenze in the 16th cent. and this was usual in subsequent periods.
It was as if Belonging lay in some ivory-inlaid credenza in the^([sic]) Hague, waiting to be opened before expiration date.
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.
Use credenza when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Credenza means A sideboard or buffet..
Common synonyms include credence.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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