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Sideboard

A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.

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Board 76% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Furniture 76% connected

That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.

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Cellaret 76% connected

A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and u…

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Credence 76% connected

Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.

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Drawer 70% connected

One who, or that which, draws

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Shelf 70% connected

A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

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Buffet 92% connected

A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Counter 92% connected

A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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