credenza

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian credenza.

noun

  1. A sideboard or buffet.
  2. 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. 2022, Ling Ma, “Yeti Lovemaking”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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