noun
credenza
kruh-DEN-zuh/krʌdˈɛnzʌ/
A low cabinet used for storage or serving food.
The dining room credenza holds our plates and serving bowls.
Etymology
Italian credenza meant “belief” as well as “sideboard.” The furniture sense arose through testing food for poison before serving it: the tasting table became a sideboard or cabinet.
In context
this is the finished styled credenza which I love
More examples
- She keeps office supplies in the credenza behind her desk.
- We set the desserts on the credenza for guests to serve themselves.
- Two wooden credenzas provide extra storage along the wall.
Forms
credenza · credenzas