cupboard
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English cuppebord.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
cupboard (plural cupboards)
- An enclosed storage space with a door, usually having shelves, used to store crockery, food, etc.
- Put the cups in the cupboard.
- 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, Friday's Business[1]:
- Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor.
- 1997, J. K. Rowling, “The Vanishing Glass”, in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone:
- Harry was used to spiders, because the cupboard under the stairs was full of them, and that was where he slept.
- (obsolete) A table or sideboard on which to display or store cups, dishes etc.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
- airing cupboard
- cupboardlike
- cupboard love
- cupboardy
- fume cupboard
- hot cupboard
- skeleton in the cupboard
Translations [edit]
enclosed storage
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Verb [edit]
cupboard (third-person singular simple present cupboards, present participle cupboarding, simple past and past participle cupboarded)
- To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)