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étagère

é·ta·gère [ ày taa ér ] (plural é·ta·gères) or e·ta·gere [ ày taa ér ] (plural e·ta·geres)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. set of open shelves: a piece of furniture made up of several open shelves, used to hold small objects

2. free-standing shelves: a free-standing set of shelves, one set back above the other, used to display objects such as pots of plants

[Mid-19th century. < French, later form of Old French estagiere "scaffold" < estage (see stage)]
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