cupboard
IPA: kˈʌbɝd
noun
- (obsolete) A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet. [:Template:SAFESUBST:–Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- (obsolete) Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate. [:Template:SAFESUBST:–Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.
- (obsolete) Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.
- (Western Pennsylvania, UK) A closet for storing coats.
verb
- To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
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Examples of "cupboard" in Sentences
- The cups are arranged on the cupboards.
- Mom brought a coaster from the cupboard.
- No qualms over giving the keys to the mop cupboard.
- Yes, the cupboard is a low one the kids can access.
- Holmes asks about the locked cupboard in the bureau.
- Owner is ready to shelve career at Country Cupboard.
- The cowling improves containment of the fume cupboard.
- She swiftly walked to the cupboard and turned the handle.
- The afternoon Children's BBC remained in the Broom Cupboard.
- A Guide for Using The Indian in the Cupboard in the Classroom.
- The door and the cupboards are wooden and are carved and painted.
- -- Besides, "he added," I never can find anything in what you call the cupboard behind the curtain of the story.
- App Catalog: Similar to the initial iPhone and Android launches, the software cupboard is bare, with only a dozen apps or so.
- And while the prospect of finding my boss dead and stuffed into a cupboard is appealing, I think I will pass on the The War Against Miss Winter.
- I have that exact box of custard powder as a permanent fixture in my food cupboard … which, considering the tiny size of my cupboard is saying a lot.
- So here's what I 'created' today that took pretty much no effort, and was created just because I went through a bunch of crap in cupboard to throw it all out, and thought I should do something with this.
- I haven't posted about Amelie Nothomb in a while but that doesn't mean I've stopped reading her out of choice, the cupboard is almost bare and I'm reduced to famine rationing because supplies in English are running low after that very greedy feast I had in the early days.