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cupboard
[ kuhb-erd ]
noun
- a closet with shelves for dishes, cups, etc.
- Chiefly British. any small closet or cabinet, as for clothes, food, or the like.
cupboard
/ ˈkʌbəd /
noun
- a piece of furniture or a recessed area of a room, with a door concealing storage space
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
These four durable BPA-free, shatter-resistant plastic bins are great for maximizing storage space in the refrigerator, freezer, cabinets, cupboards, pantry shelves or inside drawers.
It’s having a boom, and the cupboard for existing homes is now bare.
He would almost certainly yield a boatload of talent and first-round picks to replenish the cupboard with, while resetting the deck during a time in which the Los Angeles clubs will likely be favored out West for at least the next couple seasons.
Olive oil and balsamic never disappoint, but outfitting your cupboard with interesting vinegars is worth it for any devout salad eater.
If an Ireland-based furniture business used the word “press”, it’s highly unlikely any English-speakers outside the country would realize this referred to a kitchen cupboard.
But locals there say any money deposited is thrown into an unlocked cupboard behind the tellers, hardly inspiring confidence.
They then become members of the ultra elite Unit 121, granted premium housing and a well-stocked cupboard.
Ginger returned the china to the cupboard and sat next to him on the sofa.
Valderrama shows off a china cupboard full of red Solo cups, because he is "funny" and "hip."
“Better to wash dirty linen in public than have it grow mildew in a dark cupboard,” a party insider told The Daily Beast.
All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
There was the same cupboard that had been our mountain; here the same chairs that formed our ridges and our valleys.
"Perry Thomas guessed he was an embezzler," said Tim, putting the last dish in the cupboard and sitting down to his pipe.
They produced pumpernickel from one cupboard, and rye-bread and sausage from another, and all began to talk again and eat.
He refilled his glass, and having looked in his cigarette-case, began to ransack a small cupboard.
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