Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece of furniture with open shelves for small ornaments.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ornamental piece of furniture consisting essentially of a set of open shelves intended for holding small ornamental objects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from Old French estagiere, scaffold, from estage, floor; see stage.]
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angharad commented on the word étagère
a kind of open shelving, including the tall thing that slots over my toilet
December 2, 2006
MaryW commented on the word étagère
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